lepel

See also: Lepel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lēpel, from Old Dutch *lepil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈleː.pəl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: le‧pel
  • Rhymes: -eːpəl

Noun
Lepels.

lepel m (plural lepels, diminutive lepeltje n)

  1. spoon

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Either from the Old Hungarian noun lep (“blanket, bedsheet”) or from the verb lep (“to cover”) +‎ -el (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛpɛl]
  • Hyphenation: le‧pel

Noun

lepel (plural leplek)

  1. wrap, sheet, shroud, veil (a thin fabric used to cover something)
  2. (figuratively) cover (that which conceals; a disguise or pretext)
    a sötétség leple alatt ― under cover of the darkness
  3. (literary) a burial shroud
    Synonyms: halotti lepel, szemfedő

Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative lepel leplek
accusative leplet lepleket
dative lepelnek lepleknek
instrumental lepellel leplekkel
causal-final lepelért leplekért
translative lepellé leplekké
terminative lepelig leplekig
essive-formal lepelként leplekként
essive-modal lepelül —
inessive lepelben leplekben
superessive leplen lepleken
adessive lepelnél lepleknél
illative lepelbe leplekbe
sublative lepelre leplekre
allative lepelhez leplekhez
elative lepelből leplekből
delative lepelről leplekről
ablative lepeltől leplektől
Possessive forms of lepel
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. leplem lepleim
2nd person sing. lepled lepleid
3rd person sing. leple leplei
1st person plural leplünk lepleink
2nd person plural lepletek lepleitek
3rd person plural leplük lepleik

Derived terms

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References
  1. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading
  • lepel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lepil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz.

Noun

lēpel m or n

  1. spoon

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: lepel
  • Limburgish: laepel

Further reading
  • “lepel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “lepel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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