Kildin Sami edit

 
Ва̄ррь

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *vārē, from Proto-Uralic *wärä. Cognates include Northern Sami várri (mountain), Finnish vuori (mountain) and Komi-Zyrian вӧр (vör, forest, wood).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ва̄ррь (vārr’)

  1. forest

Inflection edit

Declension of ва̄ррь (type I noun, ррь-рь gradation)
Nominative ва̄ррь (vārr’)
Genitive ва̄рь (vār’)
singular plural
Nominative ва̄ррь (vārr’) ва̄рь (vār’)
Accusative ва̄рь (vār’) воа̄ретҍ (våår’et’)
Genitive ва̄рь (vār’) воа̄ре (våår’e)
Dative-Illative ва̄рра (vārra) воа̄ретҍ (våår’et’)
Locative ва̄ресьт (vār’es’t) воа̄ренҍ (våår’en’)
Comitative воа̄ренҍ (våår’en’) воа̄регуэйм (våår’eguejm)
Abessive ва̄рьха (vār’xa) воа̄реха (våår’exa)
Essive ва̄рренҍ (vārr’en’)
Partitive ва̄рре (vārr’e)

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎[1], Русский язык, page 38
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ва̄ррь”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “vā͕r̜r̜ᵉ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “vā͕r̜r̜ᵉ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 721