gažahit

Northern Sami

Etymology

From gahčat +‎ -hit.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gažahit

1. to ask, to inquire

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
infinitive	gažahit
1st sing. present	gažahan
1st sing. past	gažahin gažahedjen
infinitive	gažahit	action noun	gažaheapmi
present participle	gažaheaddji	action inessive	gažaheamen gažaheame
past participle	gažahan	action elative	gažaheamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	gažahēmiin
		abessive	gažatkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	gažahan	gažahin gažahedjen	gažahēhkon
2nd singular	gažahat	gažahit gažahedjet	gažat
3rd singular	gažaha	gažahii	gažahēhkos gažahus
1st dual	gažahetne	gažaheimme	gažaheadnu
2nd dual	gažaheahppi	gažaheidde	gažaheahkki
3rd dual	gažaheaba	gažaheigga	gažahēhkoska
1st plural	gažahit gažahat	gažaheimmet	gažahēhkot gažaheatnot
2nd plural	gažahēhpet	gažaheiddet	gažahēhket
3rd plural	gažahit	gažahe gažahedje	gažahēhkoset
connegative	gažat	gažahan	gažat
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	gažahivččen	—	gažaheaččan
2nd singular	gažahivččet	—	gažaheaččat
3rd singular	gažahivččii	—	gažaheš gažaheaš gažaheažžá
1st dual	gažahivččiime	—	gažahežže
2nd dual	gažahivččiide	—	gažaheažžabeahtti
3rd dual	gažahivččiiga	—	gažaheažžaba
1st plural	gažahivččiimet	—	gažaheažžat
2nd plural	gažahivččiidet	—	gažaheažžabehtet
3rd plural	gažahivčče	—	gažahežžet
connegative	gažahivčče	—	gažaheš gažaheaš gažaheačča

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