oarbes

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oarpēs.

Adjective

oarbes

1. orphaned
2. lonely and abandoned

Inflection

Odd, rbb-rb gradation
Attributive	oarbes
Nominative	oarbes
Genitive	oarbbása
Attributive	oarbes
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oarbes	oarbbása
Accusative	oarbbásav	oarbbásijt
Genitive	oarbbása	oarbbásij
Illative	oarbbásij	oarbbásijda
Inessive	oarbbásin	oarbbásijn
Elative	oarbbásis	oarbbásijs
Comitative	oarbbásijn	oarbbásij
Abessive	oarbbásadagá oarbbásadagi	oarbbásijdagá oarbbásijdagi
Essive	oarben oarbbásin

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