sárdni

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *sārnē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sárdni

1. speech, talk, address, discourse
2. a sermon

Declension

Even i-stem, rdn-rtn gradation
Nominative	sárdni
Genitive	sártni sártnẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sárdni	sártnit
Accusative	sártni	sártniid
Genitive	sártni sártnẹ	sártniid
Illative	sárdnái	sártniide
Locative	sártnis	sártniin
Comitative	sártniin	sártniiguin
Essive	sárdnin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sárdnán sárdnáme sárdnámet 2nd person sárdnát sárdnáde sárdnádet 3rd person sárdnis sárdniska sárdniset

Derived terms

• sárdnidit

 

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “sār̀nē”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland