laps

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See also: laps', läpš, and łaps

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

laps

  1. plural of lap

Verb[edit]

laps

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lap

Anagrams[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin lapis.

Noun[edit]

laps m (plural lapsa, definite lapsi, definite plural lapsat)

  1. pencil
Declension[edit]
Declension of laps
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative laps lapsa lapsi lapsat
accusative lapsin
dative lapsi lapsave lapsit lapsavet
ablative lapsash

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *lapitja, close to Greek λαπαρός (laparós, “weak”), λαπάζω (lapázo, “to weaken”).[1]

Verb[edit]

laps (aorist lapsa, participle lapsur)

  1. to wear out, tire

Etymology 3[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *laubitja, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, related to Sanskrit लुभ्यति (lúbhyati, “to wish”), Proto-Slavic *l'ubiti (“to love”).[2] Ultimately a doublet of lyp.

Verb[edit]

laps (aorist lapsa, participle lapsur)

  1. to wish, want

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “laps”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 191
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “laps”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 191

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

laps c (singular definite lapsen, plural indefinite lapse)

  1. fop, dandy (a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
  2. a shabby man [from 1990]

Inflection[edit]

Declension of laps
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative laps lapsen lapse lapsene
genitive laps' lapsens lapses lapsenes

Derived terms[edit]

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognate with Finnish lapsi.

Noun[edit]

laps (genitive lapse, partitive last)

  1. child
  2. someone's child

Declension[edit]

Declension of laps
singular (ainsus) plural (mitmus)
nominative (nimetav) laps lapsed
genitive (omastav) lapse laste
partitive (osastav) last lapsi
illative (sisseütlev) lapsesse lastesse
inessive (seesütlev) lapses lastes
elative (seestütlev) lapsest lastest
allative (alaleütlev) lapsele lastele
adessive (alalütlev) lapsel lastel
ablative (alaltütlev) lapselt lastelt
translative (saav) lapseks lasteks
terminative (rajav) lapseni lasteni
essive (olev) lapsena lastena
abessive (ilmaütlev) lapseta lasteta
comitative (kaasaütlev) lapsega lastega

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin lapsus (“fall”). Doublet of lapsus.

Noun[edit]

laps m (plural laps)

  1. lapse, length (of time)
    un laps de vingt secondes ― a period of twenty seconds
    un laps de quelques heures ― a period of a few hours
    un laps de plusieurs mois ― a period of several months
    • 2007, Joseph Combet, Histoire de la ville et du canton d'Uzerche, page 128:
      […] mais enfin, en payant ces charges et ces rentes, les personnes en faveur desquelles furent faites les concessions, devinrent propriétaires et seigneurs utils. Ainsi s’évanouirent, après un laps d’environ quatre siècles et demi, les menaces et les imprécations fulminées par l’évêque […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes[edit]
  • Almost always followed by a complement centered on the concept of time, as in the phrase laps de temps (“a period of time”), or units of time like jours (“days”) or années (“years”).
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin lapsus (“fallen”).

Adjective[edit]

laps (invariable)

  1. (archaic) apostate of Catholicism
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Ingrian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognates include Finnish lapsi and Estonian laps.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

laps

  1. child
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 34:
      Keitettii se lapsille.
      The children stewed it.
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Minen peräst oppii männöö
      nyt näin paljo lapsia ?
      Why do now so many
      children go to school?

Declension[edit]

Declension of laps (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative laps lapset
genitive lapsen lapsiin, lapsiloin
partitive lasta, last lapsia, lapsiloja
illative lapsee lapsii, lapsiloihe
inessive lapsees lapsiis, lapsilois
elative lapsest lapsist, lapsiloist
allative lapselle lapsille, lapsiloille
adessive lapseel lapsiil, lapsiloil
ablative lapselt lapsilt, lapsiloilt
translative lapseks lapsiks, lapsiloiks
essive lapsenna, lapseen lapsinna, lapsiloinna, lapsiin, lapsiloin
exessive1) lapsent lapsint, lapsiloint
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.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 249

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

laps m (definite singular lapsen, indefinite plural lapser, definite plural lapsene)

  1. fop, dandy (a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)

References[edit]

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