cieʹvv

Skolt Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ceavē.

Noun

ciẹʹvv

1. snow that is dense enough to carry a reindeer

Inflection

Even e-stem, vv-v gradation
Nominative	ciẹʹvv
Genitive	ceäʹv
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ciẹʹvv	ceäʹv
Accusative	ceäʹv	cieʹvid
Genitive	ceäʹv	cieʹvi
Illative	ceävˈva	cieʹvid
Locative	ceäʹvest	cieʹvin
Comitative	cieʹvin	cieʹvivuiʹm
Abessive	ceäʹvtää	cieʹvitää
Essive	ciẹʹvven
Partitive	ciẹʹvved
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

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