liepa
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to glue, to paste”), whence also lipt (“to stick, to adhere”).
Reflexes of the non-diphthongized stem can be seen in place names like Līpes kalns or Lipaiķi. The name probably came from the soft, pleasant leaves of this tree (or perhaps because of its sticky sap). A different name for the linden tree, from Proto-Indo-European *lento-, can be seen in English lind, linden, German Linde, and is reflected in Latvian lieta (“thing”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian líepa, Old Prussian lipe ([liːpe]), *leipe (from place names like Leypein, Leypiten), Proto-Slavic *lipa (Ukrainian, Russian ли́па (lípa), Belarusian лі́па (lípa), Bulgarian липа́ (lipá), Czech lípa, Polish lipa). (There were apparently also Germanic cognates — later replaced by reflexes of *lento- — as in the city name Leipciga, today's Leipzig.)[2]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
liepa f (4th declension)
- linden tree, lime tree (esp. Tilia cordata)
- kupla liepa ― bushy linden tree
- liepu ziedi ― linden flowers
- liepu lūki ― linden bark
- liepu (ziedu) tēja ― linden (flower) tea
Declension edit
References edit
- ^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “liepa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ. Compare Proto-Slavic *lipa.
Noun edit
líepa f (plural líepos) stress pattern 1
Declension edit
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | líepa | líepos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | líepos | líepų |
dative (naudininkas) | líepai | líepoms |
accusative (galininkas) | líepą | líepas |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | líepa | líepomis |
locative (vietininkas) | líepoje | líepose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | líepa | líepos |