-šit
See also: sit, sít, šit, -sít, šít, and síť
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *-ččëtēk.
Suffix
-šit
- Forms verbs from adjectives indicating an opinion or consideration.
- fasti (“ugly”) + -šit → fasttášit (“to consider ugly”)
- idja (“night”) + -šit → ijašit (“to think it's night”)
Usage notes
This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
| Odd, no gradation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | -šit | ||
| 1st sing. present | -šan | ||
| 1st sing. past | -šin -šedjen | ||
| infinitive | -šit | action noun | -šeapmi |
| present participle | -šeaddji | action inessive | -šeamen -šeame |
| past participle | -šan | action elative | -šeamis |
| agent participle | — | action comitative | -šēmiin |
| abessive | -škeahttá | ||
| present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | -šan | -šin -šedjen | -šēhkon |
| 2nd singular | -šat | -šit -šedjet | -š |
| 3rd singular | -ša | -šii | -šēhkos -šus |
| 1st dual | -šetne | -šeimme | -šeadnu |
| 2nd dual | -šeahppi | -šeidde | -šeahkki |
| 3rd dual | -šeaba | -šeigga | -šēhkoska |
| 1st plural | -šit -šat | -šeimmet | -šēhkot -šeatnot |
| 2nd plural | -šēhpet | -šeiddet | -šēhket |
| 3rd plural | -šit | -še -šedje | -šēhkoset |
| connegative | -š | -šan | -š |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | |
| 1st singular | -šivččen | — | -šeaččan |
| 2nd singular | -šivččet | — | -šeaččat |
| 3rd singular | -šivččii | — | -šeš -šeaš -šeažžá |
| 1st dual | -šivččiime | — | -šežže |
| 2nd dual | -šivččiide | — | -šeažžabeahtti |
| 3rd dual | -šivččiiga | — | -šeažžaba |
| 1st plural | -šivččiimet | — | -šeažžat |
| 2nd plural | -šivččiidet | — | -šeažžabehtet |
| 3rd plural | -šivčče | — | -šežžet |
| connegative | -šivčče | — | -šeš -šeaš -šeačča |
Derived terms
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