ка̄ррьт

Kildin Sami

(1) Ка̄рьт лэ̄сст банкасьт.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːrʲːt/

Etymology 1

Uncertain:

• Probably borrowed from a Finnic language (compare Ingrian karta (“sheet metal”)).
• Alternatively, borrowed from Komi-Zyrian кӧрт (kört, “iron”).

Cognate with Ter Sami ка̄ррьт (kâ̄rrʼt).

Noun

ка̄ррьт (kārr’t)

1. sheet metal
2. (rare) iron

   Synonym: рӯввьт (rūvv’t)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Samic *kārtē, of Germanic origin.

Related to Icelandic garður (“garden”). Cognates include Northern Sami gárdi, Skolt Sami käʹrdd and Ter Sami ка̄ррьтэ (kâ̄rrʼte).

Noun

ка̄ррьт (kārr’t)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) line of traps with small trees between them felled as a fence

Inflection

Declension of ка̄ррьт (type I noun, ррьт-рьт gradation)
Nominative	ка̄ррьт (kārr’t)
Genitive	ка̄рьт (kār’t)
Dative-Illative	ка̄ррта (kārrta)
Comitative	ка̄рьтэнҍ (kār’ten’)
	singular	plural
Nominative	ка̄ррьт (kārr’t)	ка̄рьт (kār’t)
Accusative	ка̄рьт (kār’t)	ка̄рьтэтҍ (kār’tet’)
Genitive	ка̄рьт (kār’t)	ка̄рьтэ (kār’te)
Dative-Illative	ка̄ррта (kārrta)	ка̄рьтэтҍ (kār’tet’)
Locative	ка̄рьтэсьт (kār’tes’t)	ка̄рьтэнҍ (kār’ten’)
Comitative	ка̄рьтэнҍ (kār’ten’)	ка̄рьтэгуэйм (kār’teguejm)
Abessive	ка̄рьтха (kār’txa)	ка̄рьтэха (kār’texa)
Essive	ка̄ррьтэнҍ (kārr’ten’)
Partitive	ка̄ррьтэ (kārr’te)

Further reading

• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “каррьт”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kā͕r̜̄ᵈtᴱ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'kā͕r̜̄ᵈtᴱ'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 90