vierca

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vierccë.

Noun

vierca

1. ram (male sheep)

Inflection

Even a-stem, rc-rcc gradation
Nominative	vierca
Genitive	viercca
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vierca	vierccat
Accusative	viercca	vierccaid
Genitive	viercca	vierccaid
Illative	vīrcii	vierccaide
Locative	vierccas	vierccain
Comitative	vierccain	vierccaiguin
Essive	viercan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person viercan viercame viercamet 2nd person viercat viercade viercadet 3rd person viercas viercaska viercaset

Derived terms

• almmivierca

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