rássi

See also: rassi, and Rassi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(k)rāsē, from Proto-Germanic *grasą.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈraːssiː/

Noun

rássi

1. flower

   Synonym: lieđđi

2. any small, wild plant

Inflection

Even i-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	rássi
Genitive	rási rásẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rássi	rásit
Accusative	rási	rásiid
Genitive	rási rásẹ	rásiid
Illative	rássái	rásiide
Locative	rásis	rásiin
Comitative	rásiin	rásiiguin
Essive	rássin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person rássán rássáme rássámet 2nd person rássát rássáde rássádet 3rd person rássis rássiska rássiset

Derived terms

• alitrássi

Further reading

• 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