searvi

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *seaprē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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searvi

  1. society
  2. association

Inflection

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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

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Further reading

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  • 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