Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish arabi.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈaraːpa/

Noun

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arába

  1. Arab

Inflection

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Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative arába
Genitive arába
Singular Plural
Nominative arába arábat
Accusative arába arábaid
Genitive arába arábaid
Illative arábii arábaide
Locative arábas arábain
Comitative arábain arábaiguin
Essive arában
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person arában arábame arábamet
2nd person arábat arábade arábadet
3rd person arábas arábaska arábaset

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