ка̄ррьт

Kildin Sami

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːrʲːt/

Etymology 1

Uncertain:

Cognate with Ter Sami ка̄ррьт (kâ̄rrʼt).

Noun

ка̄ррьт (kārr’t)

  1. sheet metal
  2. (rare) iron
    Synonym: рӯввьт (rūvv’t)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Samic *kārtē, of Germanic origin.

Related to Icelandic garður (garden). Cognates include Northern Sami gárdi, Skolt Sami käʹrdd and Ter Sami ка̄ррьтэ (kâ̄rrʼte).

Noun

ка̄ррьт (kārr’t)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) line of traps with small trees between them felled as a fence
Inflection
Declension of ка̄ррьт (type I noun, ррьт-рьт gradation)
Nominative ка̄ррьт (kārr’t)
Genitive ка̄рьт (kār’t)
Dative-Illative ка̄ррта (kārrta)
Comitative ка̄рьтэнҍ (kār’ten’)
singular plural
Nominative ка̄ррьт (kārr’t) ка̄рьт (kār’t)
Accusative ка̄рьт (kār’t) ка̄рьтэтҍ (kār’tet’)
Genitive ка̄рьт (kār’t) ка̄рьтэ (kār’te)
Dative-Illative ка̄ррта (kārrta) ка̄рьтэтҍ (kār’tet’)
Locative ка̄рьтэсьт (kār’tes’t) ка̄рьтэнҍ (kār’ten’)
Comitative ка̄рьтэнҍ (kār’ten’) ка̄рьтэгуэйм (kār’teguejm)
Abessive ка̄рьтха (kār’txa) ка̄рьтэха (kār’texa)
Essive ка̄ррьтэнҍ (kārr’ten’)
Partitive ка̄ррьтэ (kārr’te)

Further reading

  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “каррьт”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kā͕r̜̄ᵈtᴱ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'kā͕r̜̄ᵈtᴱ'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 90