jelāb

See also: jelab

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eläbä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjelɑːb/, [ˈjelɑˑb̥]

Adjective

jelāb (comparative (ve’l) jo jelāb, superlative amā jelāb)

  1. alive, living
  2. lively

Declension

Declension of jelāb (157)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) jelāb jelābõd
genitive (genitīv) jelāb jelābõd
partitive (partitīv) jelābt jelābidi
dative (datīv) jelābõn jelābõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) jelābõks jelābõdõks
illative (illatīv) jelābõ jelābiž
inessive (inesīv) jelābõs jelābis
elative (elatīv) jelābõst jelābist

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “jelāb”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
  • Ernštreits, Valts (ed. in chief); Vāvere, Signis; Viitso, Tiit-Rein; Damberg, Pētõr; Kurpniece, Milda; Kļava, Gunta; Balodis, Uldis; Tuisk, Tuuli; Kūla, Gita; Tomingas, Marili; Soosaar, Sven-Erik; Sedláčková, Anna; Jurgenovskis, Toms (2024), “jelāb”, in “Lībiešu-latviešu-igauņu vārdnīca”, in Livonian language and culture resource platform “Livonian.tech”[2] (in English, Estonian, and Latvian), Riga: University of Latvia Livonian Institute

Verb

jelāb

  1. first/third-person singular present indicative of jellõ