čerrih

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čierrēkkē, cognate to Northern Sami čearret.

Noun

čerrih

1. tern
2. arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea

Inflection

Odd inflection
	singular	plural
Nominative	čerrih	čerriheh
Accusative	čerrih	čerrihijd
Genitive	čerrih	čerrihij
Illative	čerrihân	čerriháid
Locative	čerrihist	čerrihijn
Comitative	čerriháin	čerrihijguin
Abessive	čerrihttáá	čerrihijttáá
Essive	čerrihin	—
Partitive	čerrihid	—

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