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-alit
-alit
Northern Sami
Suffix
-alit (with odd-syllable stems -allat)
- Forms reciprocal verbs.
- Forms momentane verbs.
- bávkit (“to bang repeatedly”) + -alit → bávkalit (“to bang once”)
- Forms frequentative verbs.
- báhčit (“to shoot”) + -alit → báhčalit (“to shoot around”)
- Forms verbs indicating an attempt at something.
- boktit (“to wake up (someone)”) + -alit → boktalit (“to try to wake up (someone)”)
Usage notes
This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
| Odd, no gradation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | -alit | ||
| 1st sing. present | -alan | ||
| 1st sing. past | -alin -aledjen |
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| infinitive | -alit | ||
| present participle | -aleaddji | ||
| past participle | -alan | ||
| verbal noun | -aleapmi | ||
| present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | -alan | -alin -aledjen |
-alehkon |
| 2nd singular | -alat | -alit -aledjet |
-al |
| 3rd singular | -ala | -alii | -alehkos -alus |
| 1st dual | -aletne | -aleimme | -aleadnu |
| 2nd dual | -aleahppi | -aleidde | -aleahkki |
| 3rd dual | -aleaba | -aleigga | -alehkoska |
| 1st plural | -alit -alat |
-aleimmet | -alehkot -aleatnot |
| 2nd plural | -alehpet | -aleiddet | -alehket |
| 3rd plural | -alit | -ale -aledje |
-alehkoset |
| connegative | -al | -alan | -al |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | |
| 1st singular | -alivččen | — | -aleaččan |
| 2nd singular | -alivččet | — | -aleaččat |
| 3rd singular | -alivččii | — | -aleš -aleaš -aleažžá |
| 1st dual | -alivččiime | — | -aležže |
| 2nd dual | -alivččiide | — | -aleažžabeahtti |
| 3rd dual | -alivččiiga | — | -aleažžaba |
| 1st plural | -alivččiimet | — | -aleažžat |
| 2nd plural | -alivččiidet | — | -aleažžabehtet |
| 3rd plural | -alivčče | — | -aležžet |
| connegative | -alivčče | — | -aleš -aleaš -aleačča |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Northern_Sami_words_suffixed_with_-alit'>Northern Sami words suffixed with -alit</a>