meaddit

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *meantētēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

meaddit

1. to err, to make a mistake

Inflection

Even i-stem, dd-tt gradation
infinitive	meaddit
1st sing. present	meattán
1st sing. past	mēdden
infinitive	meaddit	action noun	meaddin
present participle	meaddi	action inessive	meaddimin meaddime
past participle	meaddán	action elative	meaddimis
agent participle	—	action comitative	meaddimiin
		abessive	meattẹkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	meattán	mēdden	mēddon
2nd singular	meattát	mēddet	meattẹ
3rd singular	meaddá	mēttii	mēddos
1st dual	mēdde	mēttiime	meaddu
2nd dual	meaddibeahtti	mēttiide	meaddi
3rd dual	meaddiba	mēttiiga	mēddoska
1st plural	meaddit	mēttiimet	mēddot meaddut
2nd plural	meaddibēhtet	mēttiidet	mēddet meaddit
3rd plural	mēddet	mēdde	mēddoset
connegative	meattẹ	meaddán	meattẹ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	meattášin meattášedjen	meattálin meattáledjen	mēttežan
2nd singular	meattášit meattášedjet	meattálit meattáledjet	mēttežat
3rd singular	meattášii	meattálii	mētteža mētteš
1st dual	meattášeimme	meattáleimme	mēttežetne
2nd dual	meattášeidde	meattáleidde	mēttežeahppi
3rd dual	meattášeigga	meattáleigga	mēttežeaba
1st plural	meattášeimmet	meattáleimmet	mēttežit mēttežat
2nd plural	meattášeiddet	meattáleiddet	mēttežēhpet
3rd plural	meattáše meattášedje	meattále meattáledje	mēttežit
connegative	meattáše	meattále	mētteš

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