kvárca
Northern Sami
Etymology
Ultimately from German Quarz, through either Norwegian kvarts or Swedish kvarts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰvaːrːht͡sa/
Noun
kvárca
- (mineralogy) quartz
- 1994 August 5, Inker-Anni Sara, quoting Markku Torvinen, “Musealágádusa árgábeaivvi Gáregasnjárggas: Gádjut dološmuittuid ođđa geainnu vuolde”, in Min Áigi, volume 2, number 58, page 5:
- Golmma sajis leat geađgeáigásaš bázahusat omd. kvárccas ráhkaduvvon sáitegeažit.
- In three locations there are stone-age finds e.g. spearheads made of quartz.
- 1998, Knut Isaksen, “Minerálat ja báktešlájat”, in Duottar: Luonddugeografiija, Iđut, →ISBN, page 18:
- Kvárca lea okta dain dábáleamos minerálain kontineantagaras. Kvárca lea garas ja dainna sáhttá glása sárgut.
- Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the continental crust. Quartz is hard and you can scratch glass with it.
- 2020 October 21, “Plánaprográmmaevttohus”, in ym.fi[1], Ministry of the Environment, archived from the original on 15 August 2024, page 6:
- Elkem Teno[sic] buvttada sullii 1 000 000 tonne[sic] kvárcca jagis ja dan vuovdimat leat sullii 130 miljovnna Norgga ruvnnu jagis.
- Elkem Teno produces around 1,000,000 tons of quartz per year and the turnover for that is around 130 million Norwegian kroner per year.
Inflection
| Even a-stem, rc-rcc gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | kvárca | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | kvárcca | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | kvárca | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | kvárcca | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | kvárcca | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | kvárcii | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | kvárccas | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | kvárccain | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | kvárcan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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