merra

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mearë.

Noun

merra

1. sea, ocean

Inflection

Even a-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative	merra
Genitive	mera
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	merra	mera
Accusative	merav	merajt
Genitive	mera	meraj
Illative	merraj	merajda
Inessive	meran	merajn
Elative	meras	merajs
Comitative	merajn	meraj
Abessive	meradagá meradagi	merajdagá merajdagi
Essive	merran
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person merram merrama merrama 2nd person merrat merrada merrada 3rd person merras merraska merrasa

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• merren

Noun

merra m or f

1. definite feminine singular of merr

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

merra f

1. definite singular of merr