doarvi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *toarvē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɑ̯rːviː/

Noun

doarvi

1. adequate amount

Inflection

Even i-stem, rv-rvv gradation
Nominative	doarvi
Genitive	doarvvi doarvvẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	doarvi	doarvvit
Accusative	doarvvi	dōrvviid
Genitive	doarvvi doarvvẹ	dōrvviid
Illative	doarvái	dōrvviide
Locative	doarvvis	dōrvviin
Comitative	dōrvviin	dōrvviiguin
Essive	doarvin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person doarván doarváme doarvámet 2nd person doarvát doarváde doarvádet 3rd person doarvis doarviska doarviset

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