jiilgish
Navajo
Etymology
dzi- (“away into distance”) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -gish (semelfactive stem of root -GIZH, “to flash”).
Verb
jiilgish
- (Alternative semelfactive form of jiilgéésh) lightning flashes
Conjugation
Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si), third person only.
3rd person singular | |
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IMPERFECTIVE | jiilgish |
PERFECTIVE | jishgish |
FUTURE | jidoolgish |