guoirat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuojrëtēk.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkuo̯jːrah(t)/

Verb

guoirat

1. to lose a lot of weight
2. to become depressed, discouraged (because of misfortune)

Inflection

Even a-stem, ir-irr gradation
infinitive	guoirat
1st sing. present	guoirran
1st sing. past	gūiren
infinitive	guoirat	action noun	guoiran
present participle	guoiri	action inessive	guoiramin guoirame
past participle	guoiran	action elative	guoiramis
agent participle	—	action comitative	guoiramiin
		abessive	guoirrakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	guoirran	gūiren	gūiron
2nd singular	guoirrat	gūiret	guoirra
3rd singular	guoirá	guoirrai	gūiros
1st dual	gūire	guoirraime	guoiru
2nd dual	guoirabeahtti	guoirraide	guoiri
3rd dual	guoiraba	guoirraiga	gūiroska
1st plural	guoirat	guoirraimet	gūirot guoirut
2nd plural	guoirabēhtet	guoirraidet	gūiret guoirit
3rd plural	gūiret	gūire	gūiroset
connegative	guoirra	guoiran	guoirra
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	guoirrašin guoirrašedjen	guoirralin guoirraledjen	guoirražan
2nd singular	guoirrašit guoirrašedjet	guoirralit guoirraledjet	guoirražat
3rd singular	guoirrašii	guoirralii	guoirraža guoirraš
1st dual	guoirrašeimme	guoirraleimme	guoirražetne
2nd dual	guoirrašeidde	guoirraleidde	guoirražeahppi
3rd dual	guoirrašeigga	guoirraleigga	guoirražeaba
1st plural	guoirrašeimmet	guoirraleimmet	guoirražit guoirražat
2nd plural	guoirrašeiddet	guoirraleiddet	guoirražēhpet
3rd plural	guoirraše guoirrašedje	guoirrale guoirraledje	guoirražit
connegative	guoirraše	guoirrale	guoirraš

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland