beaivi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *peajvē, from Proto-Uralic *päjwä.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

beaivi

1. day
2. sun

Inflection

Even i-stem, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative	beaivi
Genitive	beaivvi beaivvẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	beaivi	beaivvit
Accusative	beaivvi	bēivviid
Genitive	beaivvi beaivvẹ	bēivviid
Illative	beaivái	bēivviide
Locative	beaivvis	bēivviin
Comitative	bēivviin	bēivviiguin
Essive	beaivin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person beaiván beaiváme beaivámet 2nd person beaivát beaiváde beaivádet 3rd person beaivis beaiviska beaiviset

Derived terms

• beaivválaš
• beaivẹt
• beaivẹloddi
• buorrẹ beaivi
• álbmotbeaivi
• riegádanbeaivi
• sotnabeaivi

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