leib

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laipa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz.

Noun

leib (genitive leiva, partitive leiba)

1. bread (black bread)
2. (only in compounds) sandwich

   juustuleib ― cheese sandwich

Usage notes

Usually refers to only rye breads. All other wheat-based breads are called sai.

Declension

Declension of leib (ÕS type 22u/leib, b-v gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		leib	leivad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	leiva
genitive			leibade
partitive		leiba	leibu leibasid
illative		leiba leivasse	leibadesse leivusse
inessive		leivas	leibades leivus
elative		leivast	leibadest leivust
allative		leivale	leibadele leivule
adessive		leival	leibadel leivul
ablative		leivalt	leibadelt leivult
translative		leivaks	leibadeks leivuks
terminative		leivani	leibadeni
essive		leivana	leibadena
abessive		leivata	leibadeta
comitative		leivaga	leibadega

Derived terms

• leivanuga (“bread knife”)

Descendants

• → Võro: leib

Further reading

• “leib”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “leib”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• leib in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laipa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz.

Noun

leib

1. bread

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laipa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz.

Noun

leib

1. bread

Inflection

Inflection of leib (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	leib
genitive sing.	leibän
partitive sing.	leibäd
partitive plur.	leibid
	singular	plural
nominative	leib	leibäd
accusative	leibän	leibäd
genitive	leibän	leibiden
partitive	leibäd	leibid
essive-instructive	leibän	leibin
translative	leibäks	leibikš
inessive	leibäs	leibiš
elative	leibäspäi	leibišpäi
illative	leibähä	leibihe
adessive	leibäl	leibil
ablative	leibälpäi	leibilpäi
allative	leibäle	leibile
abessive	leibäta	leibita
comitative	leibänke	leibidenke
prolative	leibädme	leibidme
approximative I	leibänno	leibidenno
approximative II	leibännoks	leibidennoks
egressive	leibännopäi	leibidennopäi
terminative I	leibähäsai	leibihesai
terminative II	leibälesai	leibilesai
terminative III	leibässai	—
additive I	leibähäpäi	leibihepäi
additive II	leibälepäi	leibilepäi

Derived terms

• leibkaičim
• leibkorišk
• leibpaštam
• leibstauc
• leibänpaštai
• leibänpaštam
• nižuleib
• voileib

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “хлеб”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika