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Navajo
Etymology
ʼá- (thematic) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)
+ -din (neuter imperfective stem of root -DĮĮD, “to disappear”)
Pronunciation
Verb
ádin
- there is nothing, there is none
- dibé nihee ádin ― we have no sheep
- shee ádin ― I have none; I have none of it; I don’t have it
- he/she/it is absent
- he/she/it is deceased, extinct
Hastiin R. C. Gorman yę́ę ádin.- Mr. R. C. Gorman has died/passed away.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni)
Verbal stems
- IMPERFECTIVE: -dįįh
- NEUTER IMPERFECTIVE: -din
- PERFECTIVE: -dįįd
- FUTURE: -dįįł
- ITERATIVE: -dįįh
Derived terms
Numeral
ádin
- zero
Synonyms