ruohtas

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ruottës, borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *wrōts. Related to Inari Sami ruotâs.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈruo̯htas/

Noun

ruohtas

1. root

Inflection

Odd, htt-ht gradation
Nominative	ruohtas
Genitive	ruohttasa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ruohtas	ruohttasat
Accusative	ruohttasa	ruohttasiid
Genitive	ruohttasa	ruohttasiid
Illative	ruohttasii	ruohttasiidda
Locative	ruohttasis	ruohttasiin
Comitative	ruohttasiin	ruohttasiiguin
Essive	ruohtasin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ruohttasan ruohttaseamẹ ruohttaseamẹt 2nd person ruohttasat ruohttaseattẹ ruohttaseattẹt 3rd person ruohttasis ruohttaseaskkạ ruohttaseasẹt

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