merra

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mearë.

Noun

merra

  1. sea, ocean

Inflection
Even a-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative merra
Genitive mera
Singular Plural
Nominative merra mera
Accusative merav merajt
Genitive mera meraj
Illative merraj merajda
Inessive meran merajn
Elative meras merajs
Comitative merajn meraj
Abessive meradagá
meradagi		 merajdagá
merajdagi
Essive merran
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person merram merrama merrama
2nd person merrat merrada merrada
3rd person merras merraska merrasa

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

merra m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of merr

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

merra f

  1. definite singular of merr
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