doarru

Northern Sami

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *toarō, from Proto-Uralic *torɜ. Cognates include Kildin Sami туарр (tuarr), Inari Sami tuáṛu and Ter Sami тоарра (toarra).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɑ̯rruː/

Noun

doarru

1. fight

Inflection

Even u-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative	doarru
Genitive	doaru doarọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	doarru	doarut
Accusative	doaru	doarūid
Genitive	doaru doarọ	doarūid
Illative	dōrrui	doarūide
Locative	doarus	doarūin
Comitative	doarūin	doarūiguin
Essive	doarrun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dōrron dōrrome dōrromet 2nd person dōrrot dōrrode dōrrodet 3rd person doarrus doarruska doarruset

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation 1

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɑ̯rruː/

Verb

doarru

1. third-person singular present indicative of doarrut

Pronunciation 2

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

Verb

doarˈru

1. first/second-person dual imperative of doarrut

Participle

doarˈru

1. present participle of doarrut