лей
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See also: леи
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Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *läkä (“river valley, depression”). Cognates include Moksha ляй (läj), Lule Sami liehke (“valley, depression”), Northern Sami leahki (“depression, hollow (in terrain), dell, valley”), Skolt Sami lieʹǩǩ (“depression, valley”).
Pronunciation
Noun
лей • (lej)
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (...) |
лей (lej) | лейть (lejť) |
| genitive (of ...) |
леень (lejeń) | — |
| dative (to ...) |
лейнень (lejneń) | — |
| ablative (than ...) |
лейде (lejde) | — |
| inessive (in ...) |
лейсэ (lejsë) | — |
| elative (out of ...) |
лейстэ (lejstë) | — |
| illative (into ...) |
лейс (lejs) | — |
| prolative (through ...) |
лейга (lejga) | — |
| translative (becoming ...) |
лейкс (lejks) | — |
| comparative (like ...) |
лейшка (lejška) | — |
| abessive (without ...) |
лейтеме (lejteme) | — |
References
- Entry #1366 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Russian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
лей • (lej) m inan (genitive ле́я, nominative plural ле́и, genitive plural ле́ев)
- (numismatics) leu (currency of Moldova and Romania)
Declension
Verb
лей • (lej)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of лить (litʹ)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
лей • (lej) m inan (genitive ле́я, nominative plural ле́ї, genitive plural ле́їв)
- (numismatics) leu (currency of Moldova and Romania)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | лей lej |
ле́ї léji |
| genitive | ле́я léja |
ле́їв léjiv |
| dative | ле́ю, ле́єві léju, léjevi |
ле́ям léjam |
| accusative | лей lej |
ле́ї léji |
| instrumental | ле́єм léjem |
ле́ями léjamy |
| locative | ле́ю, ле́ї léju, léji |
ле́ях léjax |
| vocative | ле́ю léju |
ле́ї léji |
References
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “лей”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN