jiilgish

Etymology

dzi- (“away into distance”) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -gish (semelfactive stem of root -GIZH, “to flash”).

Verb

jiilgish

  1. (Alternative semelfactive form of jiilgéésh) lightning flashes

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE jiilgish
PERFECTIVE jishgish
FUTURE jidoolgish

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 490
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