bearaš

See also: bearas and béaras

Northern Sami

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Proto-Finnic *pereš (later *pereh). Related to Inari Sami peerâ and Kildin Sami пӣрас (pīras).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpea̯raʃ/

Noun

bearaš

1. family

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	bearaš
Genitive	bearaša
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bearaš	bearašat
Accusative	bearaša	bearašiid
Genitive	bearaša	bearašiid
Illative	bearašii	bearašiidda
Locative	bearašis	bearašiin
Comitative	bearašiin	bearašiiguin
Essive	bearašin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bearašan bearašeamẹ bearašeamẹt 2nd person bearašat bearašeattẹ bearašeattẹt 3rd person bearašis bearašeaskkạ bearašeasẹt

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland