Inari Sami edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Finnish myrkky, from Proto-Finnic *mürkkü.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

mirkkâ

  1. poison

Inflection edit

Even â-stem, rˈkk-rh gradation
Nominative mirkkâ
Genitive miirhâ
Singular Plural
Nominative mirkkâ miirhah
Accusative miirhâ miirhâid
Genitive miirhâ mirhâi
miirhâi
Illative miirkân mirháid
Locative miirhâst miirhâin
Comitative mirháin mirhâiguin
Abessive mirhâttáá mirhâittáá
Essive mirkkân
Partitive mirkkâd
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

Further reading edit

  • mirkkâ in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje[1], Tromsø: UiT
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland