Details

General

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This stem denotes 'arctic char' or 'trout', i.e. a type of fish. In Greenland, it is often referred to as 'salmon', even though it is not actually a salmon.

Inflection sandhi:

This stem normally declines like a regular k-stem with up-declension, as is standard for k-stems. This is the way in which the stem is normally used nowadays.

However, Ordbogeeraq [17] strangely mentions an alternative plural form, eĸatdlut, showing that this stem alternatively may decline as a weak k-stem with p-declension and gemination, which is rare. This declension is not mentioned by Kleinschmidt [13] or other dictionaries that give information on the inflection pattern, so it almost certainly not commonly used. However, Kleinschmidt does mention, that this stem 'provincially' may be called eqaloq instead, i.e. with a final /q/ instead of /k/, and this stem would then presumably inflect as a weak q-stem and therefore have gemination. Thus, this strange, geminated plural form eĸatdlut may therefore reflect this 'provincial', alternative q-stem form.

Inflection

Declension pattern:

Notes on declension:

This is the standard inflection used today.

Declension pattern:

Notes on declension:

This is the inflection with gemination mentioned in Ordbogeeraq [17].

Meanings and examples