saippu
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Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish saippua, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Cognates include Karelian saippu.
Pronunciation
Noun
saippu
- Synonym of muila
- 1933, V. I. Junus, Lukukirja inkeroisia oppikoteja vart (toiseel oppivuuvveel), Leningrad: Riikin Izdatelstvo Kirja, page 49:
- Hikireijät ono piettävä ain auk, jot hiki mänis pois — siis pittää käyvä kesäl usjaa ujumaas ja talveel pessä itsiää lämpöiseel veel saipun kera.
- Sweat glands are always kept open, so that sweat goes away - that's why it's necessary to go swimming often in the summer and in the winter to wash oneself with warm water and soap.
Declension
| Declension of saippu (type 4/koivu, pp-p gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | saippu | saiput |
| genitive | saipun | saippuin, saippuloin |
| partitive | saippua | saippuja, saippuloja |
| illative | saippuu | saippui, saippuloihe |
| inessive | saipuus | saipuis, saippulois |
| elative | saipust | saipuist, saippuloist |
| allative | saipulle | saipuille, saippuloille |
| adessive | saipuul | saipuil, saippuloil |
| ablative | saipult | saipuilt, saippuloilt |
| translative | saipuks | saipuiks, saippuloiks |
| essive | saippunna, saippuun | saippuinna, saippuloinna, saippuin, saippuloin |
| exessive1) | saippunt | saippuint, saippuloint |
| 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 500
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