bearal

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian perle, Swedish pärla.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpea̯ral/

Noun

bearal

1. pearl

Inflection

Odd, rr-r gradation
Nominative	bearal
Genitive	bearrala
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bearal	bearralat
Accusative	bearrala	bearraliid
Genitive	bearrala	bearraliid
Illative	bearralii	bearraliidda
Locative	bearralis	bearraliin
Comitative	bearraliin	bearraliiguin
Essive	bearalin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bearralan bearraleamẹ bearraleamẹt 2nd person bearralat bearraleattẹ bearraleattẹt 3rd person bearralis bearraleaskkạ bearraleasẹt

Alternative forms

• bearral

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