/ˈlepːæ/, [ˈle̞pːæ]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *leppä, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *léiˀpāˀ (“linden tree”). Cognate with Estonian lepp, Ludian lepp, Veps lep, Erzya and Moksha лепе (lepe). The euphemistic sense "blood" comes from the fact that the wood of the alder tree turns red when cut.
- alder (any of the trees in the genus Alnus)
- grey alder (Alnus incana)
- archaic, euphemisticblood
- error-lua-execa Finnish surname
Muodotleppä(nominative, singular) · lepät(nominative, plural) · leppä(accusative, nominative, singular) · lepät(accusative, nominative, plural) · lepän(accusative, genitive, singular) · lepät(accusative, genitive, plural) · lepän(genitive, singular) · leppien(genitive, plural) · leppäin(genitive, plural, rare) · leppää(partitive, singular) · leppiä(partitive, plural) · lepässä(inessive, singular) · lepissä(inessive, plural) · lepästä(elative, singular) · lepistä(elative, plural) · leppään(illative, singular) · leppiin(illative, plural) · lepällä(adessive, singular) · lepillä(adessive, plural) · lepältä(ablative, singular)