ва̄ррь

Kildin Sami

Ва̄ррь

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːrʲː/

Noun

ва̄ррь (vārr’)

1. forest

Inflection

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 (våårjet’)
Genitive	ва̄рь (vār’)	воа̄ре (våårje)
Dative-Illative	ва̄рра (vārra)	воа̄ретҍ (våårjet’)
Locative	ва̄ресьт (vārjes’t)	воа̄ренҍ (våårjen’)
Comitative	воа̄ренҍ (våårjen’)	воа̄регуэйм (våårjeguejm)
Abessive	ва̄рьха (vār’xa)	воа̄реха (våårjexa)
Essive	ва̄рренҍ (vārrjen’)
Partitive	ва̄рре (vārrje)

See also

• ля̄ммт (leammt)

Further reading

• 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