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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (to stick, adhere, smear; fat, oil, sticky substance, adhesive). Compare लिप् (lip).

The meanings “fraudulent, deceitful, treacherous, enemy” (etc.) developed figuratively from the earlier set of meanings “dirty spot, stain, filth” > “fault, impurity”; compare the related words रिप्र (riprá), रिपु (ripú), रेपस् (répas).

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रिप् (ríp) stemf

  1. fraud, deceit
  2. injury
  3. injurer, deceiver, traitor, enemy
  4. the Earth

Declension edit

Feminine root-stem declension of रिप् (ríp)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative रिप्
ríp
रिपौ / रिपा¹
rípau / rípā¹
रिपः
rípaḥ
Vocative रिप्
ríp
रिपौ / रिपा¹
rípau / rípā¹
रिपः
rípaḥ
Accusative रिपम्
rípam
रिपौ / रिपा¹
rípau / rípā¹
रिपः
rípaḥ
Instrumental रिपा
ripā́
रिब्भ्याम्
ribbhyā́m
रिब्भिः
ribbhíḥ
Dative रिपे
ripé
रिब्भ्याम्
ribbhyā́m
रिब्भ्यः
ribbhyáḥ
Ablative रिपः
ripáḥ
रिब्भ्याम्
ribbhyā́m
रिब्भ्यः
ribbhyáḥ
Genitive रिपः
ripáḥ
रिपोः
ripóḥ
रिपाम्
ripā́m
Locative रिपि
ripí
रिपोः
ripóḥ
रिप्सु
ripsú
Notes
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