lávvardat

Northern Sami

Alternative forms

• lávvordat

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse laugardagr.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlaːvvartah(t)/

Noun

lávvardat

1. Saturday

Inflection

Even a-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative	lávvardat
Genitive	lávvardaga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lávvardat	lávvardagat
Accusative	lávvardaga	lávvardagaid
Genitive	lávvardaga	lávvardagaid
Illative	lávvardahkii	lávvardagaide
Locative	lávvardagas	lávvardagain
Comitative	lávvardagain	lávvardagaiguin
Essive	lávvardahkan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person lávvardahkan lávvardahkame lávvardahkamet 2nd person lávvardahkat lávvardahkade lávvardahkadet 3rd person lávvardahkas lávvardahkaska lávvardahkaset

See also

• days of the week (appendix): mánnodat/vuossárga · disdat/maŋŋebárga · gaskavahkku · duorastat · bearjadat · lávvardat · sotnabeaivi ^[edit]

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland