lāpa

See also: lapa, lapā, and łapa

Latvian

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”) and so cognate with Old Norse leiptr (“lightning”), Lithuanian liepsnà (“flame”), Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine”), Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Latin limpidus (“bright”).

Noun

lāpa f (4th declension)

  1. torch
  2. flambeau

Declension
Declension of lāpa (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) lāpa lāpas
accusative (akuzatīvs) lāpu lāpas
genitive (ģenitīvs) lāpas lāpu
dative (datīvs) lāpai lāpām
instrumental (instrumentālis) lāpu lāpām
locative (lokatīvs) lāpā lāpās
vocative (vokatīvs) lāpa lāpas

Verb

lāpa

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of lāpīt
  2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of lāpīt
  3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of lāpīt
  4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of lāpīt

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀮𑀸𑀧 (Brahmi script)
  • लाप (Devanagari script)
  • লাপ (Bengali script)
  • ලාප (Sinhalese script)
  • လာပ (Burmese script)
  • ลาป or ลาปะ (Thai script)
  • ᩃᩣᨷ (Tai Tham script)
  • ລາປ or ລາປະ (Lao script)
  • លាប (Khmer script)

Noun

lāpa ?

  1. quail
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