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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/saibas
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *staipas (whence Latvian stiba and Lithuanian stíebas).
Noun
*saibas
- pole, stake
Inflection
Inflection of *saibas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *saibas | *saipahet | |
accusative | *saipahen | *saipahet | |
genitive | *saipahen | *saibasten *saipahiden | |
partitive | *saibasta | *saipahita | |
inessive | *saipahessa *saipahehna | *saipahissa *saipahihna | |
elative | *saipahesta | *saipahista | |
illative | *saipahesen | *saipahisen | |
adessive | *saipahella | *saipahilla | |
ablative | *saipahelta | *saipahilta | |
allative | *saipahelen *saipahelek | *saipahilen *saipahilek | |
essive | *saibassa | *saipahina | |
translative | *saipaheksi | *saipahiksi | |
instructive | *saipahen | *saipahin | |
comitative | *saibassek | *saipahinek | |
abessive | *saipahetta | *saipahitta |
Descendants
- Finnish: seiväs
- → Northern Sami: seaivvas
- Ingrian: seiväs
- Karelian: seiväs
- Livvi: seiväs
- Ludian: šeibäz
- Veps: seibaz, siibaz
- Võro: saibas, saivas
- Votic: seivez
From *taibas:
- Estonian: teivas
- Livonian: tāibaz
Further reading
- teivas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “seiväs”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN