leaibi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *leajpē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

leaibi

  1. grey alder (Alnus incana)

Inflection

Even i-stem, ib-ibb gradation
Nominative leaibi
Genitive leaibbi
leaibbẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative leaibi leaibbit
Accusative leaibbi lēibbiid
Genitive leaibbi
leaibbẹ 		lēibbiid
Illative leaibái lēibbiide
Locative leaibbis lēibbiin
Comitative lēibbiin lēibbiiguin
Essive leaibin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person leaibán leaibáme leaibámet
2nd person leaibát leaibáde leaibádet
3rd person leaibis leaibiska leaibiset

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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