еййль

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Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from jɛj̄ĺ according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *jeakēl, from Proto-Finno-Permic *jäkä.

Related to Finnish jäkälä, compare Skolt Sami jeeʹel, Kildin Sami е̄гель (jiegjel’) and Northern Sami jeagil.

Pronunciation

Noun

еййль (jejjl’)

  1. Cladonia rangiferina, reindeer moss, reindeer lichen, caribou moss

Inflection

Inflection of еййль
Nominative еййль (jejjl’)
Genitive е̄йль (jējl’)
singular plural
Nominative еййль (jejjl’) е̄йль (jējl’)
Accusative е̄йль (jējl’) е̄йли (jējli)
Genitive е̄йль (jējl’) е̄йли (jējli)
Illative е̄йли (jējli)
Locative е̄йлист (jējlist) е̄йлин (jējlin)
Comitative е̄йлинҍ (jējlin’) е̄йлигуйм (jējligujm)
Abessive е̄йльта (jējl’ta) е̄йлита (jējlita)
Essive
Partitive

Further reading

  • P. M. Zajkov (1987) “jej̄ĺ, jējĺist”, in G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 80