nádleeh

Navajo

Etymology

ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, shift triggered by ná-) + -leeh (imperfective stem of root -LĮ́Į́ʼ, “to become”).

Verb

nádleeh

1. (reversionary of yileeh,“to become”) he/she is reverting to a previous state or condition

Conjugation

Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	náshdleeh	néiidleeh	nídeiidleeh
2nd person	nánídleeh	náhdleeh	nídaahdleeh
3rd person	nádleeh		nídaadleeh
4th person	níjídleeh		nídajidleeh
Other forms
Unspecified person	Spatial person	Passive A	Passive B
—	náhádleeh	—	—

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nísísdlį́į́ʼ	nísiidlį́į́ʼ	nídasiidlį́į́ʼ
2nd person	nísínídlį́į́ʼ	nísoohdlį́į́ʼ	nídasoohdlį́į́ʼ
3rd person	násdlį́į́ʼ		nídaasdlį́į́ʼ
4th person	níjísdlį́į́ʼ		nídajisdlį́į́ʼ
Other forms
Unspecified person	Spatial person	Passive A	Passive B
—	náhásdlį́į́ʼ	—	—

See also

• Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé
• dooleeł
• yileeh

Noun

nádleeh

1. hermaphrodite
2. homosexual
3. non-binary person