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läb

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Livonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *läpi. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. le’b is the regular cognate; what is going in with the vowel?

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlæˀb/, [ˈlæˀb̥]

Noun

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lä’b

  1. window

Declension

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Declension of lä’b (74)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) lä’b läbūd
genitive (genitīv) lä’b läbūd
partitive (partitīv) lä’bbõ läbīdi
dative (datīv) lä’bbõn läbūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) lä’bkõks läbūdõks
illative (illatīv) lä’bbõ lä’bži
inessive (inesīv) lä’bsõ lä’bši
elative (elatīv) lä’bstõ lä’bšti

References

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  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “lä’b”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Volapük

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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läb (nominative plural läbs)

  1. luck, fortune

Declension

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Declension of läb
singular plural
nominative läb läbs
genitive läba läbas
dative läbe läbes
accusative läbi läbis
vocative 1 o läb! o läbs!
predicative 2 läbu läbus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

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