рӯййт

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• руййт (rujjt)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ruojtë. Related to Finnish reisi.

Cognates include Northern Sami ruoida and Skolt Sami ruõidd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːjːt/

Noun

рӯййт (rūjjt)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, anatomy) each of the two main parts of a leg; shank (lower part) or thigh (upper part)

Inflection

Declension of рӯййт (type I noun, ййт-йт gradation)
Nominative	рӯййт (rūjjt)
Genitive	рӯйт (rūjt)
Dative-Illative	руэййта (ruejjta)
Comitative	рӯйтэнҍ (rūjten’)
	singular	plural
Nominative	рӯййт (rūjjt)	рӯйт (rūjt)
Accusative	рӯйт (rūjt)	рӯйтэтҍ (rūjtet’)
Genitive	рӯйт (rūjt)	рӯйтэ (rūjte)
Dative-Illative	руэййта (ruejjta)	рӯйтэтҍ (rūjtet’)
Locative	рӯйтэсьт (rūjtes’t)	рӯйтэнҍ (rūjten’)
Comitative	рӯйтэнҍ (rūjten’)	рӯйтэгуэйм (rūjteguejm)
Abessive	рӯйтха (rūjtxa)	рӯйтэха (rūjtexa)
Essive	рӯййтэнҍ (rūjjten’)
Partitive	рӯййтэ (rūjjte)

Derived terms

• ю̄ллькрӯййт (jūll’krūjjt)
• чуаррпельрӯййт (čuarrpjel’rūjjt)
• цӯммцрӯййт (cūmmcrūjjt)
• руэйдэнч (ruejdenč), руэйда (ruejda)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ru͕ī̭ᵈt̜”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'ru͕ī̭ᵈt̜'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 455