Possibly a borrowing from Sami, cf. Proto-Samic *noarvē (“seal”) (whence Northern Sami noarvi). Cognate with Karelian ńorppa, Ludian ńorp. Russian нерпа (nerpa, “seal of the genus "Pusa"”) is a borrowing from Finnic.
norppa
| Inflection of norppa (Kotus type 10*B/koira, pp-p gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | norppa | norpat | |
| genitive | norpan | norppien | |
| partitive | norppaa | norppia | |
| illative | norppaan | norppiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | norppa | norpat | |
| accusative | nom. | norppa | norpat |
| gen. | norpan | ||
| genitive | norpan | norppien norppain rare | |
| partitive | norppaa | norppia | |
| inessive | norpassa | norpissa | |
| elative | norpasta | norpista | |
| illative | norppaan | norppiin | |
| adessive | norpalla | norpilla | |
| ablative | norpalta | norpilta | |
| allative | norpalle | norpille | |
| essive | norppana | norppina | |
| translative | norpaksi | norpiksi | |
| abessive | norpatta | norpitta | |
| instructive | — | norpin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||