bearal

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian perle, Swedish pärla.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpea̯ral/

Noun

bearal

  1. pearl

Inflection
Odd, rr-r gradation
Nominative bearal
Genitive bearrala
Singular Plural
Nominative bearal bearralat
Accusative bearrala bearraliid
Genitive bearrala bearraliid
Illative bearralii bearraliidda
Locative bearralis bearraliin
Comitative bearraliin bearraliiguin
Essive bearalin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bearralan bearraleamẹ bearraleamẹt
2nd person bearralat bearraleattẹ bearraleattẹt
3rd person bearralis bearraleaskkạ bearraleasẹt

Alternative forms

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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