dirči

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtirːt͡ʃiː/

Noun

dirči

1. naked person

Inflection

Even i-stem, rč-rčč gradation
Nominative	dirči
Genitive	dirčči dirččẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dirči	dirččit
Accusative	dirčči	dirččiid
Genitive	dirčči dirččẹ	dirččiid
Illative	dirčái	dirččiide
Locative	dirččis	dirččiin
Comitative	dirččiin	dirččiiguin
Essive	dirčin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dirčán dirčáme dirčámet 2nd person dirčát dirčáde dirčádet 3rd person dirčis dirčiska dirčiset

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