meardi

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish merta, from Proto-Finnic *mërta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

meardi

1. fishing net

Inflection

Even i-stem, rd-rdd gradation
Nominative	meardi
Genitive	mearddi mearddẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	meardi	mearddit
Accusative	mearddi	mērddiid
Genitive	mearddi mearddẹ	mērddiid
Illative	meardái	mērddiide
Locative	mearddis	mērddiin
Comitative	mērddiin	mērddiiguin
Essive	meardin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person meardán meardáme meardámet 2nd person meardát meardáde meardádet 3rd person meardis meardiska meardiset

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