leibi

Inari Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish leipä, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz.

Noun

leibi

  1. bread

Inflection

Even i-stem, jˈb-jb gradation
Nominative leibi
Genitive leeibi
Singular Plural
Nominative leibi leeibih
Accusative leeibi leeibijd
Genitive leeibi leibij
leeibij
Illative liäibán leibijd
Locative leeibist leeibijn
Comitative leibijn leibijguin
Abessive leibittáá leibijttáá
Essive leibin
Partitive leibid
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

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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