searvi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *seaprē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

searvi

1. society
2. association

Inflection

Even i-stem, rv-rvv gradation
Nominative	searvi
Genitive	searvvi searvvẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	searvi	searvvit
Accusative	searvvi	sērvviid
Genitive	searvvi searvvẹ	sērvviid
Illative	searvái	sērvviide
Locative	searvvis	sērvviin
Comitative	sērvviin	sērvviiguin
Essive	searvin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person searván searváme searvámet 2nd person searvát searváde searvádet 3rd person searvis searviska searviset

Derived terms

• searvẹvuohta

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