egoisma

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Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian egoisme.

Pronunciation

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Noun

egoisma

  1. egotism, selfishness

Inflection

Even a-stem, ism-ismm gradation
Nominative egoisma
Genitive egoismma
Singular Plural
Nominative egoisma egoismmat
Accusative egoismma egoismmaid
Genitive egoismma egoismmaid
Illative egoismii egoismmaide
Locative egoismmas egoismmain
Comitative egoismmain egoismmaiguin
Essive egoisman
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person egoisman egoismame egoismamet
2nd person egoismat egoismade egoismadet
3rd person egoismas egoismaska egoismaset

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland