sikta
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Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sikta
Inflection
[edit]Even a-stem, kt-vtt gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | sikta | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | sivtta | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | sikta | sivttat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | sivtta | sivttaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | sivtta | sivttaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | siktii | sivttaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | sivttas | sivttain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | sivttain | sivttaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | siktan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- 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
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]sikta m or f
sikta n
Verb
[edit]sikta
- inflection of sikte:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- sikten (of sikt, Etymology 1)
Noun
[edit]sikta m or f
sikta f
sikta n
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]sikt + -a, relating to se (“to see”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]sikta (present siktar, preterite siktade, supine siktat, imperative sikta)
- to sight, to see, to make a sighting
- Kungsörn har siktats
- Golden eagle has been sighted
- to aim
- Han siktade på mig
- He aimed at me
- (figuratively) to aim (for), to home (in on) (have as goal)
- Mannen siktade in sig på en mysig hemmakväll
- The man was aiming to have a cozy evening at home
- to sift
- siktat mjöl
- sifted flour
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of sikta (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | sikta | siktas | ||
Supine | siktat | siktats | ||
Imperative | sikta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | sikten | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | siktar | siktade | siktas | siktades |
Ind. plural1 | sikta | siktade | siktas | siktades |
Subjunctive2 | sikte | siktade | siktes | siktades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | siktande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- sikta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sikta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sikta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
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- Northern Sami terms with IPA pronunciation
- Northern Sami 2-syllable words
- Northern Sami lemmas
- Northern Sami nouns
- Northern Sami even nouns
- Northern Sami even a-stem nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål noun forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms
- Swedish terms suffixed with -a
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish weak verbs