moarsi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *moarsē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

moarsi

  1. bride
  2. girlfriend

Inflection

Even i-stem, no gradation
Nominative moarsi
Genitive moarsi
moarsẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative moarsi moarsit
Accusative moarsi mōrsiid
Genitive moarsi
moarsẹ 		mōrsiid
Illative moarsái mōrsiide
Locative moarsis mōrsiin
Comitative mōrsiin mōrsiiguin
Essive moarsin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person moarsán moarsáme moarsámet
2nd person moarsát moarsáde moarsádet
3rd person moarsis moarsiska moarsiset

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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