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Proto-Samic
Etymology
Uncertain. Could possibly be related to *lupša. In this case, related to Erzya лекш (lekš), Moksha леш (leš) Eastern Mari лупс (lups) and Western Mari лыпш (lypš).
Noun
*lëpsē
- dew
Inflection
Even
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Nominative
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*lëpsē
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Genitive
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*lëp̯s̯ēn
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*lëpsē
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*lëp̯s̯ēk
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Accusative
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*lëp̯s̯ēm
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*lëp̯s̯ijtē
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Partitive
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*lëpsētē
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Genitive
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*lëp̯s̯ēn
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*lëp̯s̯ij
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Essive
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*lëpsēnē
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*lëp̯s̯ijnē
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Inessive
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*lëp̯s̯ēsnē
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Elative
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*lëp̯s̯ēstē
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*lëp̯s̯ijstē
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Illative
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*lëpsās̯ën
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—
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Comitative
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*lëp̯s̯ijnē *lëp̯s̯ijnë
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—
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Abessive
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*lëp̯s̯ēptāk̯ëk
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—
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Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “le̮psē”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland