galgat

See also: gálgat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këlkëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

galgat

1. (auxiliary) to have to, must

Inflection

Even a-stem, lg-lgg gradation
infinitive	galgat
1st sing. present	galggan
1st sing. past	galgen
infinitive	galgat	action noun	galgan
present participle	galgi	action inessive	galgamin galgame
past participle	galgan	action elative	galgamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	galgamiin
		abessive	galggakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	galggan	galgen	galgon
2nd singular	galggat	galget	galgga
3rd singular	galgá	galggai	galgos
1st dual	galge	galggaime	galgu
2nd dual	galgabeahtti	galggaide	galgi
3rd dual	galgaba	galggaiga	galgoska
1st plural	galgat	galggaimet	galgot galgut
2nd plural	galgabēhtet	galggaidet	galget galgit
3rd plural	galget	galge	galgoset
connegative	galgga	galgan	galgga
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	galggašin galggašedjen	galggalin galggaledjen	galggažan
2nd singular	galggašit galggašedjet	galggalit galggaledjet	galggažat
3rd singular	galggašii	galggalii	galggaža galggaš
1st dual	galggašeimme	galggaleimme	galggažetne
2nd dual	galggašeidde	galggaleidde	galggažeahppi
3rd dual	galggašeigga	galggaleigga	galggažeaba
1st plural	galggašeimmet	galggaleimmet	galggažit galggažat
2nd plural	galggašeiddet	galggaleiddet	galggažēhpet
3rd plural	galggaše galggašedje	galggale galggaledje	galggažit
connegative	galggaše	galggale	galggaš

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