girji

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *kirjē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkirːjiː/

Noun

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girji

  1. book

Declension

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Even i-stem, rj-rjj gradation
Nominative girji
Genitive girjji
girjjẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative girji girjjit
Accusative girjji girjjiid
Genitive girjji
girjjẹ
girjjiid
Illative girjái girjjiide
Locative girjjis girjjiin
Comitative girjjiin girjjiiguin
Essive girjin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person girján girjáme girjámet
2nd person girját girjáde girjádet
3rd person girjis girjiska girjiset

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland