ассь

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Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ësē, compare Northern Sami assi (scalp).

Pronunciation

Noun

ассь (ass’)

  1. (anatomy) inner/meat-side of a skin
    Synonym: цӯннц (cūnnc)
    Antonym: а̄ррь (ārr’) (obsolete)

Inflection

Declension of ассь (type I noun, ссь-зь gradation)
Nominative ассь (ass’)
Genitive азь (az’)
Dative-Illative асса (assa)
Comitative эзъенҍ (ez’en’)
singular plural
Nominative ассь (ass’) азь (az’)
Accusative азь (az’) эзъетҍ (ez’et’)
Genitive азь (az’) эзъе (ez’e)
Dative-Illative асса (assa) эзъетҍ (ez’et’)
Locative азъесьт (az’es’t) эзъенҍ (ez’en’)
Comitative эзъенҍ (ez’en’) эзъегуэйм (ez’eguejm)
Abessive азьха (az’xa) эзъеха (ez’exa)
Essive ассъенҍ (ass’en’)
Partitive ассъе (ass’e)

See also

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ȧ̮s̜s̜ᴱ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “ȧ̮s̜s̜ᴱ, ȧ̮z̜ĕ, a̮s̀sa”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 18
  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект), Русский язык, page 28
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ассь”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь , Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway