vierca

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vierccë.

Noun

vierca

  1. ram (male sheep)

Inflection
Even a-stem, rc-rcc gradation
Nominative vierca
Genitive viercca
Singular Plural
Nominative vierca vierccat
Accusative viercca vierccaid
Genitive viercca vierccaid
Illative vīrcii vierccaide
Locative vierccas vierccain
Comitative vierccain vierccaiguin
Essive viercan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person viercan viercame viercamet
2nd person viercat viercade viercadet
3rd person viercas viercaska viercaset

Derived terms

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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