moarsi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *moarsē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

moarsi

1. bride
2. girlfriend

Inflection

Even i-stem, no gradation
Nominative	moarsi
Genitive	moarsi moarsẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	moarsi	moarsit
Accusative	moarsi	mōrsiid
Genitive	moarsi moarsẹ	mōrsiid
Illative	moarsái	mōrsiide
Locative	moarsis	mōrsiin
Comitative	mōrsiin	mōrsiiguin
Essive	moarsin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person moarsán moarsáme moarsámet 2nd person moarsát moarsáde moarsádet 3rd person moarsis moarsiska moarsiset

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