Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian adresse.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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adreasˈsa

  1. address (location)

Inflection

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Even a-stem, sˈs-ss gradation
Nominative adreasˈsa
Genitive adreassa
Singular Plural
Nominative adreasˈsa adreassat
Accusative adreassa adreassaid
Genitive adreassa adreassaid
Illative adrēsˈsii adreassaide
Locative adreassas adreassain
Comitative adreassain adreassaiguin
Essive adreasˈsan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person adreasˈsan adreasˈsame adreasˈsamet
2nd person adreasˈsat adreasˈsade adreasˈsadet
3rd person adreasˈsas adreasˈsaska adreasˈsaset
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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland