skábma
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Northern Sami
Etymology
From Northern Norwegian skamtid (“polar night”),[1] of which the first element derives from Old Norse skammr (“short”),[2] from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”). Compare Icelandic skammur.
Pronunciation
Noun
skábma
- polar night
- Antonym: gaskaijabeaivváš
Inflection
| Even a-stem, bm-pm gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | skábma | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | skápma | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | skábma | skápmat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | skápma | skápmaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | skápma | skápmaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | skábmii | skápmaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | skápmas | skápmain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | skápmain | skápmaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | skábman | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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