girji

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kirjē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkirːjiː/

Noun

girji

1. book

Declension

Even i-stem, rj-rjj gradation
Nominative	girji
Genitive	girjji girjjẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	girji	girjjit
Accusative	girjji	girjjiid
Genitive	girjji girjjẹ	girjjiid
Illative	girjái	girjjiide
Locative	girjjis	girjjiin
Comitative	girjjiin	girjjiiguin
Essive	girjin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person girján girjáme girjámet 2nd person girját girjáde girjádet 3rd person girjis girjiska girjiset

Derived terms

• girjjálaš
• girjjáš
• sátnẹgirji
• girjẹčálˈli
• girjẹrádju

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