lääbis

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Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lāmpēs, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Related to Northern Sami láppis.

Noun

lääbis

  1. lamb

Inflection

Inflection of lääbis
singular plural
Nominative lääbis lábbáh
Accusative lábbá lábbáid
Genitive lábbá lábbái
Illative lábbás lábbáid
Locative lábbást lábbáin
Comitative lábbáin lábbáiguin
Abessive lábáttáá
lábbáttáá
lábbáittáá
Essive läbisin
Partitive läbisid

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