várre

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vārē.

Noun

várre

1. mountain

Inflection

Even e-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative	várre
Genitive	váre
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	várre	váre
Accusative	várev	várijt
Genitive	váre	várij
Illative	várráj	várijda
Inessive	váren	várijn
Elative	váres	várijs
Comitative	várijn	várij
Abessive	váredagá váredagi	várijdagá várijdagi
Essive	várren
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person várrám várráma várráma 2nd person várrát várráda várráda 3rd person várres várreska várresa

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

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vārē.

Noun

várre

1. mountain

Inflection

Even e-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative	várre
Genitive	váre
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	várre	váre
Accusative	várev	värijt
Genitive	váre	värij
Illative	várráj	värijda
Inessive	váren	värijn
Elative	várest váres	värijst värijs
Comitative	värijn	värij
Essive	várren

Further reading

• várre in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland