саами
Russian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a Sami language; compare Kildin Sami са̄ммь (sāmm’) and Northern Sami sámi. Possibly related to Russian самое́д (samojéd).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]саа́ми • (saámi) m anim or f anim (indeclinable, masculine саа́м)
- a Sami (member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland)
Synonyms
[edit]- саа́м (saám) (male)
- саа́мка (saámka) (female, proscribed)
- лопь (lopʹ) (archaic, collective)
- лопа́рь (lopárʹ) (male, archaic, now often considered pejorative)
- лопа́рка (lopárka) (female, archaic, now often considered pejorative)
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Russian terms borrowed from Sami languages
- Russian terms derived from Sami languages
- Russian 3-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian indeclinable nouns
- Russian masculine nouns
- Russian animate nouns
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian nouns with multiple genders
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