soarvi

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *soarvē.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsoɑ̯rːviː/

Noun[edit]

soarvi

  1. dry pine

Inflection[edit]

Even i-stem, rv-rvv gradation
Nominative soarvi
Genitive soarvvi
soarvvẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative soarvi soarvvit
Accusative soarvvi sōrvviid
Genitive soarvvi
soarvvẹ
sōrvviid
Illative soarvái sōrvviide
Locative soarvvis sōrvviin
Comitative sōrvviin sōrvviiguin
Essive soarvin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person soarván soarváme soarvámet
2nd person soarvát soarváde soarvádet
3rd person soarvis soarviska soarviset

Further reading[edit]

  • 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