čerrih

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Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čierrēkkē, cognate to Northern Sami čearret.

Noun

čerrih

  1. tern
  2. arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea

Inflection

Odd inflection
singular plural
Nominative čerrih čerriheh
Accusative čerrih čerrihijd
Genitive čerrih čerrihij
Illative čerrihân čerriháid
Locative čerrihist čerrihijn
Comitative čerriháin čerrihijguin
Abessive čerrihttáá čerrihijttáá
Essive čerrihin
Partitive čerrihid

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland