Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From oaivi (head) +‎ ministtar (minister).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

oaivẹministtar

  1. prime minister

Inflection edit

Odd, st-stt gradation
Nominative oaivẹministtar
Genitive oaivẹministara
Singular Plural
Nominative oaivẹministtar oaivẹministarat
Accusative oaivẹministara oaivẹministariid
Genitive oaivẹministara oaivẹministariid
Illative oaivẹministarii oaivẹministariidda
Locative oaivẹministaris oaivẹministariin
Comitative oaivẹministariin oaivẹministariiguin
Essive oaivẹministtarin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person oaivẹministaran oaivẹministareamẹ oaivẹministareamẹt
2nd person oaivẹministarat oaivẹministareattẹ oaivẹministareattẹt
3rd person oaivẹministaris oaivẹministareaskkạ oaivẹministareasẹt

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