leaibi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *leajpē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlea̯jːpiː/

Noun

leaibi

1. grey alder (Alnus incana)

Inflection

Even i-stem, ib-ibb gradation
Nominative	leaibi
Genitive	leaibbi leaibbẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leaibi	leaibbit
Accusative	leaibbi	lēibbiid
Genitive	leaibbi leaibbẹ	lēibbiid
Illative	leaibái	lēibbiide
Locative	leaibbis	lēibbiin
Comitative	lēibbiin	lēibbiiguin
Essive	leaibin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person leaibán leaibáme leaibámet 2nd person leaibát leaibáde leaibádet 3rd person leaibis leaibiska leaibiset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland