ruossta

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Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ruostë.

Noun

ruossta

  1. rust

Inflection

Even a-stem, sst-st gradation
Nominative ruossta
Genitive ruosta
Singular Plural
Nominative ruossta ruosta
Accusative ruostav ruostajt
Genitive ruosta ruostaj
Illative ruosstaj ruostajda
Inessive ruostan ruostajn
Elative ruostas ruostajs
Comitative ruostajn ruostaj
Abessive ruostadagá
ruostadagi
ruostajdagá
ruostajdagi
Essive ruosstan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ruosstam ruosstama ruosstama
2nd person ruosstat ruosstada ruosstada
3rd person ruosstas ruosstaska ruosstasa

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