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Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *jiečë.
The inessive stem is from the inessive case of the adverb ala (“onto”), while the locative stem derives from the locative of alde (“on”).
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈie̯ʃ/
Adverb
ieš
- oneself (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves)
Mun ieš dahken dan.- I made it myself.
Mii ieža dagaimet dan.- We made it ourselves.
Usage notes
Ieš is used to modify a subject. For dual and plural subjects, the form ieža is used.
For use as a pronoun rather than a subject modifier, a possessive suffix must be added. These pronoun forms have no nominative form, the accusative is used as lemma.
Inflection
| Irregular, suppletive
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Plural
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ieža
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| Illative
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| Locative
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| Essive
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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