njaalâ

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńālë.

Noun

njaaḷâ

1. arctic fox

Inflection

Even â-stem, ḷ-l gradation
Nominative	njaaḷâ
Genitive	njaalâ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	njaaḷâ	njaalah
Accusative	njaalâ	njaalâid
Genitive	njaalâ	njalâi njaalâi
Illative	njaaḷân	njaalaid
Locative	njaalâst	njaalâin
Comitative	njaalain	njalâiguin
Abessive	njalâttáá	njalâittáá
Essive	njaallân
Partitive	njaallâd
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Further reading

• njaalâ in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎^[1], Tromsø: UiT

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland