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Webster 1913 Edition
-s
-s
.1.
[OE.
es
, AS. as
.] The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.
2.
[OE.
-s
, for older -th
, AS. -ð
.] The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends.
3.
An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, – originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See
-’s
. Definition 2024
-š
-š
Northern Sami
Suffix
-š
- Forms diminutive nouns.
- guolli (“fish”) + -š → guoláš (“small fish”)
Usage notes
This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
| Odd, no gradation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -š | |
| Genitive | -ža | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | -š | -žat |
| Accusative | -ža | -žiid |
| Genitive | -ža | -žiid |
| Illative | -žii | -žiidda |
| Locative | -žis | -žiin |
| Comitative | -žiin | -žiiguin |
| Essive | -žin | |
| Possessive forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| 1st person | -žan | -žeame | -žeamet |
| 2nd person | -žat | -žeatte | -žeattet |
| 3rd person | -žis | -žeaskka | -žeaset |
Derived terms
Category Northern Sami words suffixed with -š not found