Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *lh₂P- (to lick). A close cognate in Ancient Greek λαφύσσω (laphússō, swallow, gulp down).

Verb edit

լափեմ (lapʻem)

  1. (transitive) to lap up, to lick up
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to eat up greedily, to devour, to consume

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: լափել (lapʻel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լափեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լափեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լափ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 269—270
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 324