marrta

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mārttë, borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*marþu-), from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.

Noun

marrta

  1. pine marten, Martes martes
  2. marten in general, any species of Martes

Inflection

Even a-stem, rrt-rt gradation
Nominative marrta
Genitive marta
Singular Plural
Nominative marrta marta
Accusative martav martajt
Genitive marta martaj
Illative marrtaj martajda
Inessive martan martajn
Elative martast
martas 		martajst
martajs
Comitative martajn martaj
Essive marrtan

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
  • marrta in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
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