dadjat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

dadjat

1. to say

Inflection

Even a-stem, dj-j gradation
infinitive	dadjat
1st sing. present	dajan
1st sing. past	dadjen
infinitive	dadjat	action noun	dadjan
present participle	daddji	action inessive	dadjamin dadjame
past participle	dadjan	action elative	dadjamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	dadjamiin
		abessive	dajakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	dajan	dadjen	dadjon
2nd singular	dajat	dadjet	daja
3rd singular	dadjá	dajai	dadjos
1st dual	dadje	dajaime	daddju
2nd dual	dadjabeahtti	dajaide	daddji
3rd dual	dadjaba	dajaiga	dadjoska
1st plural	dadjat	dajaimet	dadjot daddjut
2nd plural	dadjabēhtet	dajaidet	dadjet daddjit
3rd plural	dadjet	dadje	dadjoset
connegative	daja	dadjan	daja
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	dajašin dajašedjen	dajalin dajaledjen	dajažan
2nd singular	dajašit dajašedjet	dajalit dajaledjet	dajažat
3rd singular	dajašii	dajalii	dajaža dajaš
1st dual	dajašeimme	dajaleimme	dajažetne
2nd dual	dajašeidde	dajaleidde	dajažeahppi
3rd dual	dajašeigga	dajaleigga	dajažeaba
1st plural	dajašeimmet	dajaleimmet	dajažit dajažat
2nd plural	dajašeiddet	dajaleiddet	dajažēhpet
3rd plural	dajaše dajašedje	dajale dajaledje	dajažit
connegative	dajaše	dajale	dajaš

Derived terms

• daddjot
• dajaldat

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland