dálvi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tālvē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlːviː/

Noun

dálvi

1. winter

Inflection

Even i-stem, lv-lvv gradation
Nominative	dálvi
Genitive	dálvvi dálvvẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dálvi	dálvvit
Accusative	dálvvi	dálvviid
Genitive	dálvvi dálvvẹ	dálvviid
Illative	dálvái	dálvviide
Locative	dálvvis	dálvviin
Comitative	dálvviin	dálvviiguin
Essive	dálvin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dálván dálváme dálvámet 2nd person dálvát dálváde dálvádet 3rd person dálvis dálviska dálviset

Derived terms

• dálvet
• dálvvás

Related terms

• dálvat

See also

Seasons in Northern Sami · jagiáiggit (layout · text) · category
giđđa (“spring”)	geassi (“summer”)	čakča (“autumn”)	dálvi (“winter”)

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