selena

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian selen.

Noun

selēna

1. selenium

Inflection

Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative	selēna
Genitive	selēna
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	selēna	selēnat
Accusative	selēna	selēnaid
Genitive	selēna	selēnaid
Illative	selēnii	selēnaide
Locative	selēnas	selēnain
Comitative	selēnain	selēnaiguin
Essive	selēnan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person selēnan selēname selēnamet 2nd person selēnat selēnade selēnadet 3rd person selēnas selēnaska selēnaset

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