-laš
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "las"
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Calque of Finnish -llinen by replacing the inflectional part -ise- with the existing native Sami cognate -žža-.
Suffix
-laš
- Forms adjectives indicating relationship or likeness.
Usage notes
- This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
| Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attributive | -laš | |
| Nominative | -laš | |
| Genitive | -lačča | |
| Attributive | -laš | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | -laš | -laččat |
| Accusative | -lačča | -laččaid |
| Genitive | -lačča | -laččaid |
| Illative | -lažžii | -laččaide |
| Locative | -laččas | -laččain |
| Comitative | -laččain | -laččaiguin |
| Essive | -lažžan | |
Etymology 2
Calque of Finnish -lainen by replacing the inflectional part -ise- with the existing native Sami cognate -žža-.
Suffix
-laš
- Forms nouns indicating a person from a place.
Usage notes
- This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
| Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | -laš | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | -lačča | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | -laš | -laččat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | -lačča | -laččaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | -lačča | -laččaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | -lažžii | -laččaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | -laččas | -laččain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | -laččain | -laččaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | -lažžan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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