sodilzin

Navajo

Etymology

so- (thematic) + -di- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -yin (durative imperfective stem of root -YĮĮD, “to be holy”).

Classifier and stem initial undergo special combination: -l- + -yį́į́h = -zį́į́h

Verb

sodilzin

1. he/she prays, is praying

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sodiszin	sodiilzin	sodadiilzin
2nd person	sodílzin	sodołzin	sodadołzin
3rd person	sodilzin		sodadilzin
4th person	sozhdilzin		sodazhdilzin

PERFECTIVE¹	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sodeeszin	sodiilzin	sodadiilzin
2nd person	sodíínílzin	sodoołzin	sodadoołzin
3rd person	sodoolzin		sodadoolzin
4th person	sozhdoolzin		sodazhdoolzin

PERFECTIVE²	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sodeeszįįd	sodiilzįįd	sodadiilzįįd
2nd person	sodíínílzįįd	sodoołzįįd	sodadoołzįįd
3rd person	sodoolzįįd		sodadoolzįįd
4th person	sozhdoolzįįd		sodazhdoolzįįd

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	sodideeszįįł	sodidiilzįįł	sodadidiilzįįł
2nd person	sodidíílzįįł	sodidoołzįįł	sodadidoołzįįł
3rd person	sodidoolzįįł		sodadidoolzįįł
4th person	sozhdidoolzįįł		sodazhdidoolzįįł

See also

• sodizin