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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/orēs
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Proto-Samic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *ura. Cognate with Hungarian úr ("Mr, lord; man, husband, prince"), hence Hungarian ország ("land, realm, state", theorized to be úr+ság but possibly from either Turkic or Iranian), and Finnish uros ("male", "adult man").
Noun
*orēs
- male
Inflection
| Odd | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *or̯ēs | |
| Genitive | *orās̯ën | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *or̯ēs | *orās̯ëk |
| Accusative | *orās̯ëm | *orās̯ëjtē |
| Partitive | *or̯ēstē | |
| Genitive | *orās̯ën | *orās̯ëj |
| Essive | *or̯ēsnē | *orās̯ëjnē |
| Inessive | *orās̯ësnē | |
| Elative | *orās̯ëstē | *orās̯ëjstē |
| Illative | *or̯ās̯s̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *orās̯ëjnē *orās̯ëjnë | — |
| Abessive | *orās̯ëptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: urries
- Ume Sami: årˈries
- Pite Sami: åres
- Lule Sami: åres
- Northern Sami: varris (why va?)
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: ores
- Skolt Sami: ååʹres
- Kildin Sami: оаресь (oarʹesʹ)
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