deaivat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *teajvëtēk.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtea̯jːvah(t)/

Verb

deaivat

1. to meet
2. to encounter
3. to hit (a target)
4. to happen, to occur, to take place

Inflection

Even a-stem, iv-ivv gradation
infinitive	deaivat
1st sing. present	deaivvan
1st sing. past	dēiven
infinitive	deaivat	action noun	deaivan
present participle	deaivi	action inessive	deaivamin deaivame
past participle	deaivan	action elative	deaivamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	deaivamiin
		abessive	deaivvakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	deaivvan	dēiven	dēivon
2nd singular	deaivvat	dēivet	deaivva
3rd singular	deaivá	deaivvai	dēivos
1st dual	dēive	deaivvaime	deaivu
2nd dual	deaivabeahtti	deaivvaide	deaivi
3rd dual	deaivaba	deaivvaiga	dēivoska
1st plural	deaivat	deaivvaimet	dēivot deaivut
2nd plural	deaivabēhtet	deaivvaidet	dēivet deaivit
3rd plural	dēivet	dēive	dēivoset
connegative	deaivva	deaivan	deaivva
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	deaivvašin deaivvašedjen	deaivvalin deaivvaledjen	deaivvažan
2nd singular	deaivvašit deaivvašedjet	deaivvalit deaivvaledjet	deaivvažat
3rd singular	deaivvašii	deaivvalii	deaivvaža deaivvaš
1st dual	deaivvašeimme	deaivvaleimme	deaivvažetne
2nd dual	deaivvašeidde	deaivvaleidde	deaivvažeahppi
3rd dual	deaivvašeigga	deaivvaleigga	deaivvažeaba
1st plural	deaivvašeimmet	deaivvaleimmet	deaivvažit deaivvažat
2nd plural	deaivvašeiddet	deaivvaleiddet	deaivvažēhpet
3rd plural	deaivvaše deaivvašedje	deaivvale deaivvaledje	deaivvažit
connegative	deaivvaše	deaivvale	deaivvaš

Derived terms

• deaivu

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland