gáisi
See also: gaisi and gaiši
Northern Sami
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkaːjːsiː/
Noun
gáisi
- tall/high mountain (especially one with year-round snow)
Inflection
| Even i-stem, is-iss gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | gáisi | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | gáissi gáissẹ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | gáisi | gáissit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | gáissi | gáissiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | gáissi gáissẹ | gáissiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | gáisái | gáissiide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | gáissis | gáissiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | gáissiin | gáissiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | gáisin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Giebmegáisi
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