leppäin

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Ingrian

Etymology

From leppä (“alder”) +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

Noun

leppäin

  1. diminutive of leppä: little alder
    • 1915, Oskar Groundstroem, anonymous quotee, “528. Soikkola, Säätinä, 228a”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎, volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 7-8:
      Näin mie haapasen hallean, // Näin mie leppäsen leveän,
      I saw a grieving little aspen, // I saw a wide little alder,

Adjective

leppäin (not comparable)

  1. made of alder wood

Declension

Declension of leppäin (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative leppäin leppäiset
genitive leppäisen leppäisiin
partitive leppäistä, leppäist leppäisiä
illative leppäisee leppäisii
inessive leppäisees leppäisiis
elative leppäisest leppäisist
allative leppäiselle leppäisille
adessive leppäiseel leppäisiil
ablative leppäiselt leppäisilt
translative leppäiseks leppäisiks
essive leppäisennä, leppäiseen leppäisinnä, leppäisiin
exessive1) leppäisent leppäisint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 261
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