ва̄ррь

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Kildin Sami

Ва̄ррь

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vārē, from Proto-Uralic *wärä. Cognates include Northern Sami várri (mountain), Finnish vuori (mountain) and Komi-Zyrian вӧр (vör, forest, wood).

Pronunciation

Noun

ва̄ррь (vārr’)

  1. forest

Inflection

Declension of ва̄ррь (type I noun, ррь-рь gradation)
Nominative ва̄ррь (vārr’)
Genitive ва̄рь (vār’)
Dative-Illative ва̄рра (vārra)
Comitative воа̄ръенҍ (våår’en’)
singular plural
Nominative ва̄ррь (vārr’) ва̄рь (vār’)
Accusative ва̄рь (vār’) воа̄ръетҍ (våår’et’)
Genitive ва̄рь (vār’) воа̄ръе (våår’e)
Dative-Illative ва̄рра (vārra) воа̄ръетҍ (våår’et’)
Locative ва̄ръесьт (vār’es’t) воа̄ръенҍ (våår’en’)
Comitative воа̄ръенҍ (våår’en’) воа̄ръегуэйм (våår’eguejm)
Abessive ва̄рьха (vār’xa) воа̄ръеха (våår’exa)
Essive ва̄рръенҍ (vārr’en’)
Partitive ва̄рръе (vārr’e)

See also

Further reading

  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект), Русский язык, page 38
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ва̄ррь”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь , Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “vā͕r̜r̜ᵉ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “vā͕r̜r̜ᵉ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 721