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-lit
-lit
Irish
Suffix
-lit f (genitive singular -lite, nominative plural -lití)
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_suffixed_with_-lit'>Irish words suffixed with -lit</a>
References
- "-lit" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *-lētēk.
Suffix
-lit
- Forms verbs indicating a quick, sudden or sharp action.
- borrat (“to eat”) + -lit → borralit (“to eat quickly”)
Usage notes
This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
| Odd, no gradation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | -lit | ||
| 1st sing. present | -lan | ||
| 1st sing. past | -lin -ledjen |
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| infinitive | -lit | ||
| present participle | -leaddji | ||
| past participle | -lan | ||
| verbal noun | -leapmi | ||
| present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | -lan | -lin -ledjen |
-lehkon |
| 2nd singular | -lat | -lit -ledjet |
-l |
| 3rd singular | -la | -lii | -lehkos -lus |
| 1st dual | -letne | -leimme | -leadnu |
| 2nd dual | -leahppi | -leidde | -leahkki |
| 3rd dual | -leaba | -leigga | -lehkoska |
| 1st plural | -lit -lat |
-leimmet | -lehkot -leatnot |
| 2nd plural | -lehpet | -leiddet | -lehket |
| 3rd plural | -lit | -le -ledje |
-lehkoset |
| connegative | -l | -lan | -l |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | |
| 1st singular | -livččen | — | -leaččan |
| 2nd singular | -livččet | — | -leaččat |
| 3rd singular | -livččii | — | -leš -leaš -leažžá |
| 1st dual | -livččiime | — | -ležže |
| 2nd dual | -livččiide | — | -leažžabeahtti |
| 3rd dual | -livččiiga | — | -leažžaba |
| 1st plural | -livččiimet | — | -leažžat |
| 2nd plural | -livččiidet | — | -leažžabehtet |
| 3rd plural | -livčče | — | -ležžet |
| connegative | -livčče | — | -leš -leaš -leačča |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Northern_Sami_words_suffixed_with_-lit'>Northern Sami words suffixed with -lit</a>