fális

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See also: falis

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *fālēs, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

fális

  1. whale

Inflection

Contracted i-stem, lˈl-l gradation
Nominative fális
Genitive fálˈlá
Singular Plural
Nominative fális fálˈlát
Accusative fálˈlá fálˈláid
Genitive fálˈlá fálˈláid
Illative fálˈlái fálˈláide
Locative fálˈlás fálˈláin
Comitative fálˈláin fálˈláiguin
Essive fálisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person fálˈlán fálˈláme fálˈlámet
2nd person fálˈlát fálˈláde fálˈládet
3rd person fálˈlás fálˈláska fálˈláset

Descendants

  • → Finnish: valas

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
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