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-stit
-stit
Northern Sami
Suffix
-stit
-
Forms verbs indicating a quick, sudden or sharp action.
- njuiket (“to jump once”) + -stit → njuikestit (“to jump (once) quickly”)
- Forms verbs indicating a small amount.
- addit (“to give”) + -stit → attestit (“to give a little”)
Usage notes
This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
| Odd, no gradation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | -stit | ||
| 1st sing. present | -stan | ||
| 1st sing. past | -stin -stedjen |
||
| infinitive | -stit | ||
| present participle | -steaddji | ||
| past participle | -stan | ||
| verbal noun | -steapmi | ||
| present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | -stan | -stin -stedjen |
-stehkon |
| 2nd singular | -stat | -stit -stedjet |
-s |
| 3rd singular | -sta | -stii | -stehkos -stus |
| 1st dual | -stetne | -steimme | -steadnu |
| 2nd dual | -steahppi | -steidde | -steahkki |
| 3rd dual | -steaba | -steigga | -stehkoska |
| 1st plural | -stit -stat |
-steimmet | -stehkot -steatnot |
| 2nd plural | -stehpet | -steiddet | -stehket |
| 3rd plural | -stit | -ste -stedje |
-stehkoset |
| connegative | -s | -stan | -s |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | |
| 1st singular | -stivččen | — | -steaččan |
| 2nd singular | -stivččet | — | -steaččat |
| 3rd singular | -stivččii | — | -steš -steaš -steažžá |
| 1st dual | -stivččiime | — | -stežže |
| 2nd dual | -stivččiide | — | -steažžabeahtti |
| 3rd dual | -stivččiiga | — | -steažžaba |
| 1st plural | -stivččiimet | — | -steažžat |
| 2nd plural | -stivččiidet | — | -steažžabehtet |
| 3rd plural | -stivčče | — | -stežžet |
| connegative | -stivčče | — | -steš -steaš -steačča |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Northern_Sami_words_suffixed_with_-stit_(quick)'>Northern Sami words suffixed with -stit (quick)</a>
Etymology 2
From Proto-Samic *-stëtēk.
Suffix
-stit
-
Forms verbs indicating using something.
- niibi (“knife”) + -stit → niibbástit (“to use a knife”)
- Forms verbs indicating an activity that has to do with something.
Usage notes
This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
| Odd, no gradation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | -stit | ||
| 1st sing. present | -stan | ||
| 1st sing. past | -stin -stedjen |
||
| infinitive | -stit | ||
| present participle | -steaddji | ||
| past participle | -stan | ||
| verbal noun | -steapmi | ||
| present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | -stan | -stin -stedjen |
-stehkon |
| 2nd singular | -stat | -stit -stedjet |
-s |
| 3rd singular | -sta | -stii | -stehkos -stus |
| 1st dual | -stetne | -steimme | -steadnu |
| 2nd dual | -steahppi | -steidde | -steahkki |
| 3rd dual | -steaba | -steigga | -stehkoska |
| 1st plural | -stit -stat |
-steimmet | -stehkot -steatnot |
| 2nd plural | -stehpet | -steiddet | -stehket |
| 3rd plural | -stit | -ste -stedje |
-stehkoset |
| connegative | -s | -stan | -s |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | |
| 1st singular | -stivččen | — | -steaččan |
| 2nd singular | -stivččet | — | -steaččat |
| 3rd singular | -stivččii | — | -steš -steaš -steažžá |
| 1st dual | -stivččiime | — | -stežže |
| 2nd dual | -stivččiide | — | -steažžabeahtti |
| 3rd dual | -stivččiiga | — | -steažžaba |
| 1st plural | -stivččiimet | — | -steažžat |
| 2nd plural | -stivččiidet | — | -steažžabehtet |
| 3rd plural | -stivčče | — | -stežžet |
| connegative | -stivčče | — | -steš -steaš -steačča |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Northern_Sami_words_suffixed_with_-stit_(use)'>Northern Sami words suffixed with -stit (use)</a>