skirri

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Lule Sami

Etymology

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Noun

skirri

  1. magpie

Inflection

Even i-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative skirri
Genitive skiri
Singular Plural
Nominative skirri skiri
Accusative skiriv skirijt
Genitive skiri skirij
Illative skirrij skirijda
Inessive skirin skirijn
Elative skiris skirijs
Comitative skirijn skirij
Abessive skiridagá
skiridagi 		skirijdagá
skirijdagi
Essive skirrin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person skirrim skirrima skirrima
2nd person skirrit skirrida skirrida
3rd person skirris skirriska skirrisa

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
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