Pite Sami edit

Etymology edit

From sálbma (psalm) +‎ girrje (book).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaːlpma.ˌkirːje/

Noun edit

sálbmagirrje

  1. (religion) psalmbook, hymnal

Inflection edit

Even e-stem, rrj-rj gradation
Nominative sálbmagirrje
Genitive sálbmagirje
Singular Plural
Nominative sálbmagirrje sálbmagirje
Accusative sálbmagirjev sálbmagirjijt
Genitive sálbmagirje sálbmagirjij
Illative sálbmagirrjáj sálbmagirjijda
Inessive sálbmagirjen sálbmagirjijn
Elative sálbmagirjest
sálbmagirjes
sálbmagirjijst
sálbmagirjijs
Comitative sálbmagirjijn sálbmagirjij
Essive sálbmagirrjen

Further reading edit

  • sálbmagirrje in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (Pite Sami word list)
  • Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press