leib
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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *laipa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz.
Noun
leib (genitive leiva, partitive leiba)
Usage notes
Usually refers to only rye breads. All other wheat-based breads are called sai.
Declension
| Declension of leib (ÕS type 22u/leib, b-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | leib | leivad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | leiva | ||
| genitive | leibade | ||
| partitive | leiba | leibu leibasid | |
| illative | leiba leivasse |
leibadesse leivusse | |
| inessive | leivas | leibades leivus | |
| elative | leivast | leibadest leivust | |
| allative | leivale | leibadele leivule | |
| adessive | leival | leibadel leivul | |
| ablative | leivalt | leibadelt leivult | |
| translative | leivaks | leibadeks leivuks | |
| terminative | leivani | leibadeni | |
| essive | leivana | leibadena | |
| abessive | leivata | leibadeta | |
| comitative | leivaga | leibadega | |
Derived terms
- leivanuga (“bread knife”)
Descendants
Further reading
- “leib”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “leib”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- leib in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *laipa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz.
Noun
leib
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *laipa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz.
Noun
leib
Inflection
| Inflection of leib (inflection type 6/kuva) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | leib | ||
| genitive sing. | leibän | ||
| partitive sing. | leibäd | ||
| partitive plur. | leibid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | leib | leibäd | |
| accusative | leibän | leibäd | |
| genitive | leibän | leibiden | |
| partitive | leibäd | leibid | |
| essive-instructive | leibän | leibin | |
| translative | leibäks | leibikš | |
| inessive | leibäs | leibiš | |
| elative | leibäspäi | leibišpäi | |
| illative | leibähä | leibihe | |
| adessive | leibäl | leibil | |
| ablative | leibälpäi | leibilpäi | |
| allative | leibäle | leibile | |
| abessive | leibäta | leibita | |
| comitative | leibänke | leibidenke | |
| prolative | leibädme | leibidme | |
| approximative I | leibänno | leibidenno | |
| approximative II | leibännoks | leibidennoks | |
| egressive | leibännopäi | leibidennopäi | |
| terminative I | leibähäsai | leibihesai | |
| terminative II | leibälesai | leibilesai | |
| terminative III | leibässai | — | |
| additive I | leibähäpäi | leibihepäi | |
| additive II | leibälepäi | leibilepäi | |
Derived terms
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “хлеб”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika