seaila

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian segl.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seaila

  1. seal (something to close/seal off a letter)
  2. signet
  3. sealing wax

Inflection

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Even a-stem, il-ill gradation
Nominative seaila
Genitive seailla
Singular Plural
Nominative seaila seaillat
Accusative seailla seaillaid
Genitive seailla seaillaid
Illative sēilii seaillaide
Locative seaillas seaillain
Comitative seaillain seaillaiguin
Essive seailan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person seailan seailame seailamet
2nd person seailat seailade seailadet
3rd person seailas seailaska seailaset

Further reading

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  • 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