ле̄ййп

Kildin Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish leipä, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz. Cognates include Skolt Sami leiʹbb, English loaf and Russian хлеб (xleb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli̯ejːp/

Noun

ле̄ййп (liejjp)

1. bread

Inflection

Declension of ле̄ййп (type I noun, ййп-йп gradation)
Nominative	ле̄ййп (liejjp)
Genitive	лъе̄йп (l’ējp)
Dative-Illative	лья̄ййпа (l’’ājjpa)
Comitative	лӣйпэнҍ (lījpen’)
	singular	plural
Nominative	ле̄ййп (liejjp)	лъе̄йп (l’ējp)
Accusative	лъе̄йп (l’ējp)	лӣйпэтҍ (lījpet’)
Genitive	лъе̄йп (l’ējp)	лӣйпэ (lījpe)
Dative-Illative	лья̄ййпа (l’’ājjpa)	лӣйпэтҍ (lījpet’)
Locative	лъе̄йпэсьт (l’ējpes’t)	лӣйпэнҍ (lījpen’)
Comitative	лӣйпэнҍ (lījpen’)	лӣйпэгуэйм (lījpeguejm)
Abessive	лъе̄йпха (l’ējpxa)	лӣйпэха (lījpexa)
Essive	лъе̄ййпэнҍ (l’ējjpen’)
Partitive	лъе̄ййпэ (l’ējjpe)

Further reading

• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[1], Русский язык, page 158
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ле̄ййп”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland