apostal

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Norwegian apostel, Swedish apostel.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

apostal

  1. apostle

Inflection[edit]

Odd, no gradation
Nominative apostal
Genitive apostala
Singular Plural
Nominative apostal apostalat
Accusative apostala apostaliid
Genitive apostala apostaliid
Illative apostalii apostaliidda
Locative apostalis apostaliin
Comitative apostaliin apostaliiguin
Essive apostalin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person apostalan apostaleamẹ apostaleamẹt
2nd person apostalat apostaleattẹ apostaleattẹt
3rd person apostalis apostaleaskkạ apostaleasẹt

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Further reading[edit]

  • 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