нёа̄лл

Kildin Sami

Нёа̄лл

Alternative forms

• нёалл (njåll)
• (dialectal) нюалл (njuall)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńālë, likely of substrate origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲɒːlː/

Noun

нёа̄лл (njååll)

1. arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)

Inflection

Declension of нёа̄лл (type I noun, лл-л gradation)
Nominative	нёа̄лл (njååll)
Genitive	нёа̄л (njåål)
Dative-Illative	нъя̄лла (n’ālla)
Comitative	нёа̄лэнҍ (njåålen’)
	singular	plural
Nominative	нёа̄лл (njååll)	нёа̄л (njåål)
Accusative	нёа̄л (njåål)	нёа̄лэтҍ (njåålet’)
Genitive	нёа̄л (njåål)	нёа̄лэ (njååle)
Dative-Illative	нъя̄лла (n’ālla)	нёа̄лэтҍ (njåålet’)
Locative	нёа̄лэсьт (njååles’t)	нёа̄лэнҍ (njåålen’)
Comitative	нёа̄лэнҍ (njåålen’)	нёа̄лэгуэйм (njååleguejm)
Abessive	нёа̄лха (njåålxa)	нёа̄лэха (njåålexa)
Essive	нёа̄ллэнҍ (njåållen’)
Partitive	нёа̄ллэ (njåålle)

Derived terms

• нёа̄ллай (njåållaj)
• нёа̄ллшэ (njåållše)
• нёа̄ллълуввэ (njåållluvve)
• нёа̄ллълувнэ (njåållluvne)
• нёа̄ллъюшшэ (njååll’ušše)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ńāлл”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “ńᾱлл(ᵅ)”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 293b