kleima

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse kleima, from Proto-Germanic *klaimijaną.

Verb

kleima (third person singular past indicative kleimaði, third person plural past indicative kleimaðu, supine kleimað)

1. squeeze, press, flatten
2. paste, smear
3. stick to

Conjugation

Conjugation of kleima (group v-30)
infinitive	kleima
supine	kleimað
participle (a6)1	kleimandi	kleimaður
	present	past
first singular	kleimi	kleimaði
second singular	kleimar	kleimaði
third singular	kleimar	kleimaði
plural	kleima	kleimaðu
	imperative
singular	kleima!
plural	kleimið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian клеймо (klejmo). Cognate with Finnish leima.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈklei̯mɑ/, [ˈklʲe̞i̯m]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈklei̯mɑ/, [ˈkle̞i̯mɑ]
• Rhymes: -ei̯m, -ei̯mɑ
• Hyphenation: klei‧ma

Noun

kleima

1. brand, stamp

Declension

Declension of kleima (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kleima	kleimat
genitive	kleiman	kleimoin
partitive	kleimaa	kleimoja
illative	kleimaa	kleimoi
inessive	kleimaas	kleimois
elative	kleimast	kleimoist
allative	kleimalle	kleimoille
adessive	kleimaal	kleimoil
ablative	kleimalt	kleimoilt
translative	kleimaks	kleimoiks
essive	kleimanna, kleimaan	kleimoinna, kleimoin
exessive1)	kleimant	kleimoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 176