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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/seipi
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *steip- (whence dialectal Latvian stiepats).
Noun
*seipi
- dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
Inflection
Inflection of *seipi
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *seipi | *seibet | |
| accusative | *seiben | *seibet | |
| genitive | *seiben | *seipeden *seipiden | |
| partitive | *seipedä | *seipidä | |
| inessive | *seibessä | *seibissä | |
| elative | *seibestä | *seibistä | |
| illative | *seipehen | *seipihen | |
| adessive | *seibellä | *seibillä | |
| ablative | *seibeltä | *seibiltä | |
| allative | *seipelen | *seipilen | |
| essive | *seipenä | *seipinä | |
| translative | *seibeksi | *seibiksi | |
| instructive | *seiben | *seibin | |
| comitative | *seipenek | *seipinek | |
| abessive | *seibektä | *seibiktä | |
Descendants
- Finnish: seipi
From *teipi:
- Estonian: teib
- Livonian: teib, tebā
Further reading
- teib in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN