várri

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vārē.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈvaːrriː/

Noun

várri

  1. mountain

Inflection

Even i-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative várri
Genitive vári
várẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative várri várit
Accusative vári váriid
Genitive vári
várẹ
váriid
Illative várrái váriide
Locative váris váriin
Comitative váriin váriiguin
Essive várrin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person várrán várráme várrámet
2nd person várrát várráde várrádet
3rd person várris várriska várriset

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: vaara
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varre

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
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Old Norse

Determiner

várri

  1. feminine dative singular of várr
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