sieidi

English
sieidi

Etymology

Borrowed from Northern Sami sieidi.

Noun

sieidi (plural sieidis)

  1. Among the Sami people, a special site where thanks and offerings are given to the spirits.

Translations

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *siejtē.

Noun

sieidi

  1. offering stone, sieidi

Inflection
Even i-stem, id-idd gradation
Nominative sieidi
Genitive sieiddi
sieiddẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative sieidi sieiddit
Accusative sieiddi sīiddiid
Genitive sieiddi
sieiddẹ		 sīiddiid
Illative sieidái sīiddiide
Locative sieiddis sīiddiin
Comitative sīiddiin sīiddiiguin
Essive sieidin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sieidán sieidáme sieidámet
2nd person sieidát sieidáde sieidádet
3rd person sieidis sieidiska sieidiset

Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: seide

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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