nagir

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nëkēr.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnakiːr/

Noun

nagir

1. sleep

Inflection

Odd, hk-g gradation
Nominative	nagir
Genitive	nahkára
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nagir	nahkárat
Accusative	nahkára	nahkáriid
Genitive	nahkára	nahkáriid
Illative	nahkárii	nahkáriidda
Locative	nahkáris	nahkáriin
Comitative	nahkáriin	nahkáriiguin
Essive	nagirin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person nahkáran nahkáreamẹ nahkáreamẹt 2nd person nahkárat nahkáreattẹ nahkáreattẹt 3rd person nahkáris nahkáreaskkạ nahkáreasẹt

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