viergi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vierkē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

viergi

1. fur trim on a hat

Inflection

Even i-stem, rg-rgg gradation
Nominative	viergi
Genitive	vierggi vierggẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	viergi	vierggit
Accusative	vierggi	vīrggiid
Genitive	vierggi vierggẹ	vīrggiid
Illative	viergái	vīrggiide
Locative	vierggis	vīrggiin
Comitative	vīrggiin	vīrggiiguin
Essive	viergin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person viergán viergáme viergámet 2nd person viergát viergáde viergádet 3rd person viergis viergiska viergiset

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