ádįįh
Navajo
Etymology
ʼá- (thematic) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -dįįh (imperfective stem of root -DĮĮD, “to disappear”).
Verb
ádįįh
- he/she/it is disappearing, vanishing
- he/she/it is dwindling
- he/she/it is becoming extinct, dying out
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/si).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | áshdįįh | íidįįh | ádeiidįįh |
| 2nd person | ánídįįh | áhdįįh | ádaohdįįh |
| 3rd person | ádįįh | ádaadįįh | |
| 4th person | ájídįįh | ádájiłdįįh | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ásédįįd | ásiidįįd | ádasiidįįd |
| 2nd person | ásínídįįd | ásoodįįd | ádasoodįįd |
| 3rd person | ásdįįd | ádaasdįįd | |
| 4th person | ájísdįįd | ádajisdįįd | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ádeeshdįįł | ádiidįįł | ádadiidįįł |
| 2nd person | ádíídįįł | ádoohdįįł | ádadoohdįįł |
| 3rd person | ádoodįįł | ádadoodįįł | |
| 4th person | ázhdoodįįł | ádazhdoodįįł | |
| OPTATIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | óoshdįįh | óodįįh | ádaoodįįh |
| 2nd person | óódįįh | óohdįįh | ádaoohdįįh |
| 3rd person | óodįįh | ádayódįįh | |
| 4th person | ájódįįh | ádajódįįh | |
Related terms
- ádin
- ííłdįįh