riekti

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Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈrie̯kːtiː/

Noun

riekti

  1. right (to do something)
  2. law, justice
  3. court (of justice)

Inflection

Even i-stem, kt-vtt gradation
Nominative riekti
Genitive rievtti
rievttẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative riekti rievttit
Accusative rievtti rīvttiid
Genitive rievtti
rievttẹ 		rīvttiid
Illative riektái rīvttiide
Locative rievttis rīvttiin
Comitative rīvttiin rīvttiiguin
Essive riektin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person riektán riektáme riektámet
2nd person riektát riektáde riektádet
3rd person riektis riektiska riektiset

Derived terms

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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