geahččalit
Northern Sami
Etymology
From geahččat + -alit.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkea̯hːt͡ʃalih(t)/
Verb
geahččalit
- to try, to attempt
- to test
- to experiment
Inflection
| Odd, no gradation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | geahččalit | ||
| 1st sing. present | geahččalan | ||
| 1st sing. past | geahččalin geahččaledjen | ||
| infinitive | geahččalit | action noun | geahččaleapmi |
| present participle | geahččaleaddji | action inessive | geahččaleamen geahččaleame |
| past participle | geahččalan | action elative | geahččaleamis |
| agent participle | — | action comitative | geahččalēmiin |
| abessive | geahččalkeahttá | ||
| present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | geahččalan | geahččalin geahččaledjen | geahččalēhkon |
| 2nd singular | geahččalat | geahččalit geahččaledjet | geahččal |
| 3rd singular | geahččala | geahččalii | geahččalēhkos geahččalus |
| 1st dual | geahččaletne | geahččaleimme | geahččaleadnu |
| 2nd dual | geahččaleahppi | geahččaleidde | geahččaleahkki |
| 3rd dual | geahččaleaba | geahččaleigga | geahččalēhkoska |
| 1st plural | geahččalit geahččalat | geahččaleimmet | geahččalēhkot geahččaleatnot |
| 2nd plural | geahččalēhpet | geahččaleiddet | geahččalēhket |
| 3rd plural | geahččalit | geahččale geahččaledje | geahččalēhkoset |
| connegative | geahččal | geahččalan | geahččal |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | |
| 1st singular | geahččalivččen | — | geahččaleaččan |
| 2nd singular | geahččalivččet | — | geahččaleaččat |
| 3rd singular | geahččalivččii | — | geahččaleš geahččaleaš geahččaleažžá |
| 1st dual | geahččalivččiime | — | geahččaležže |
| 2nd dual | geahččalivččiide | — | geahččaleažžabeahtti |
| 3rd dual | geahččalivččiiga | — | geahččaleažžaba |
| 1st plural | geahččalivččiimet | — | geahččaleažžat |
| 2nd plural | geahččalivččiidet | — | geahččaleažžabehtet |
| 3rd plural | geahččalivčče | — | geahččaležžet |
| connegative | geahččalivčče | — | geahččaleš geahččaleaš geahččaleačča |
Derived terms
- geahččaleapmi
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