vearju

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word vearju. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word vearju, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say vearju in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word vearju you have here. The definition of the word vearju will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofvearju, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Northern Sami

Etymology

Maybe from Swedish värja (blade, rapier, sword). Related to Inari Sami viärju.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈvea̯rːjuː/

Noun

vearju

  1. weapon

Inflection

Even u-stem, rj-rjj gradation
Nominative vearju
Genitive vearjju
vearjjọ
Singular Plural
Nominative vearju vearjjut
Accusative vearjju vearjjūid
Genitive vearjju
vearjjọ
vearjjūid
Illative vērjui vearjjūide
Locative vearjjus vearjjūin
Comitative vearjjūin vearjjūiguin
Essive vearjun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person vērjon vērjome vērjomet
2nd person vērjot vērjode vērjodet
3rd person vearjus vearjuska vearjuset

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