сӯйй

Kildin Sami

Ке̄ссь пэ̄ҏьтэнч лӣ э̄ххт сӯй-ноа̄ленҍ.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *suojē, possibly from Proto-Finnic *sooja, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćaHyáH.

Related to Finnish suoja. Cognates include Northern Sami suodji, Skolt Sami suẹʹjj and Ter Sami сыэйя (sïejʼâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːjː/

Noun

сӯйй (sūjj)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) shelter (from weather or wind)

Inflection

Declension of сӯйй (type I noun, йй-й gradation)
Nominative	сӯйй (sūjj)
Genitive	сӯй (sūj)
Dative-Illative	суэйя (suejja)
Comitative	сӯенҍ (sūjen’)
	singular	plural
Nominative	сӯйй (sūjj)	сӯй (sūj)
Accusative	сӯй (sūj)	сӯетҍ (sūjet’)
Genitive	сӯй (sūj)	сӯе (sūje)
Dative-Illative	суэйя (suejja)	сӯетҍ (sūjet’)
Locative	сӯесьт (sūjes’t)	сӯенҍ (sūjen’)
Comitative	сӯенҍ (sūjen’)	сӯегуэйм (sūjeguejm)
Abessive	сӯйха (sūjxa)	сӯеха (sūjexa)
Essive	сӯйъенҍ (sūj’en’)
Partitive	сӯйъе (sūj’e)

Synonyms

• пяҋтэгк (pjaj̥tegk)
• пяҋҋт сайй (pjaj̥j̥t sajj)

Derived terms

• сӯйхе (sūjxje)
• суэйесь (suejjes’), суэйей (suejjej)
• сӯййрыннт (sūjjrynnt)
• абьрсӯйй (ab’rsūjj)
• ю̄лльксӯйй (jūll’ksūjj)
• пӣӈксӯйй (pīŋksūjj)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “sū͕i̭j”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “sū͕i̭j”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 528