-laš

Northern Sami

Etymology 1

Calque of Finnish -llinen by replacing the inflectional part -ise- with the existing native Sami cognate -žža-.

Suffix

-laš

Forms adjectives indicating relationship or likeness.

Usage notes

This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.

Inflection

Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation
Attributive	-laš
Nominative	-laš
Genitive	-lačča
Attributive	-laš
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-laš	-laččat
Accusative	-lačča	-laččaid
Genitive	-lačča	-laččaid
Illative	-lažžii	-laččaide
Locative	-laččas	-laččain
Comitative	-laččain	-laččaiguin
Essive	-lažžan

Etymology 2

Calque of Finnish -lainen by replacing the inflectional part -ise- with the existing native Sami cognate -žža-.

Suffix

-laš

Forms nouns indicating a person from a place.
‎Suopma (“Finland”) + ‎-laš → ‎suopmelaš (“Finn, Finnish person”)

‎Sápmi (“Sápmi, Lapland”) + ‎-laš → ‎sápmelaš (“Sami person”)

Usage notes

This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.

Inflection

Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation

Nominative

-laš

Genitive

-lačča

Singular

Plural

Nominative

-laš

-laččat

Accusative

-lačča

-laččaid

Genitive

-lačča

-laččaid

Illative

-lažžii

-laččaide

Locative

-laččas

-laččain

Comitative

-laččain

-laččaiguin

Essive

-lažžan

Possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	-lažžan	-lažžame	-lažžamet
2nd person	-lažžat	-lažžade	-lažžadet
3rd person	-lažžas	-lažžaska	-lažžaset

Derived terms

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