Possibly from dialectal lopperi (“young or small bream”) (related to Russian лопарь (loparʹ), as a borrowing in either direction) or from a vernacular form of a Germanic name Chlodobert. From the Karelian isthmus.[1]
Lopperi
| Inflection of Lopperi (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Lopperi | Lopperit | |
| genitive | Lopperin | Lopperien Loppereiden Loppereitten | |
| partitive | Lopperia | Loppereita Loppereja | |
| illative | Lopperiin | Loppereihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Lopperi | Lopperit | |
| accusative | nom. | Lopperi | Lopperit |
| gen. | Lopperin | ||
| genitive | Lopperin | Lopperien Loppereiden Loppereitten | |
| partitive | Lopperia | Loppereita Loppereja | |
| inessive | Lopperissa | Loppereissa | |
| elative | Lopperista | Loppereista | |
| illative | Lopperiin | Loppereihin | |
| adessive | Lopperilla | Loppereilla | |
| ablative | Lopperilta | Loppereilta | |
| allative | Lopperille | Loppereille | |
| essive | Lopperina | Loppereina | |
| translative | Lopperiksi | Loppereiksi | |
| abessive | Lopperitta | Loppereitta | |
| instructive | — | Lopperein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||