áiru

See also: airu

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ājrō, from Proto-Germanic *airō.

Noun

áiru

1. oar

Inflection

Even u-stem, jˈr-jr gradation
Nominative	áiru
Genitive	ááiru
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	áiru	ááiruh
Accusative	ááiru	ááiruid
Genitive	ááiru	áirui ááirui
Illative	ááirun	áiroid
Locative	ááirust	ááiruin
Comitative	áiroin	áiruiguin
Abessive	áiruttáá	áiruittáá
Essive	áirun
Partitive	áirud
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

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

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ājrō, from Proto-Germanic *airō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈaːjːruː/

Noun

áiru

1. oar

Inflection

Even u-stem, ir-irr gradation
Nominative	áiru
Genitive	áirru áirrọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	áiru	áirrut
Accusative	áirru	áirrūid
Genitive	áirru áirrọ	áirrūid
Illative	áirui	áirrūide
Locative	áirrus	áirrūin
Comitative	áirrūin	áirrūiguin
Essive	áirun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person áiron áirome áiromet 2nd person áirot áirode áirodet 3rd person áirus áiruska áiruset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland