läpsää

Finnish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæpsæːˣ/, [ˈlæps̠æː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -æpsæː
• Syllabification^(key): läp‧sää

Verb

läpsää

1. to slap (to produce the sound repeatedly)

Conjugation

This verb is in practice only used in 3rd person indicative. Other forms are replaced with corresponding forms of synonymous verb läpsiä.

Conjugation of läpsää (type kaikaa)

indicative
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	–	–	1st sing.	–	–
2nd sing.	–	–	2nd sing.	–	–
3rd sing.	läpsää	ei läpsää	3rd sing.	–	–
1st plur.	–	–	1st plur.	–	–
2nd plur.	–	–	2nd plur.	–	–
3rd plur.	läpsäävät	eivät läpsää	3rd plur.	–	–
passive	–	–	passive	–	–
past			pluperfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	–	–	1st sing.	–	–
2nd sing.	–	–	2nd sing.	–	–
3rd sing.	–	–	3rd sing.	–	–
1st plur.	–	–	1st plur.	–	–
2nd plur.	–	–	2nd plur.	–	–
3rd plur.	–	–	3rd plur.	–	–
passive	–	–	passive	–	–
conditional
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	–	–	1st sing.	–	–
2nd sing.	–	–	2nd sing.	–	–
3rd sing.	läpsäisi	ei läpsäisi	3rd sing.	–	–
1st plur.	–	–	1st plur.	–	–
2nd plur.	–	–	2nd plur.	–	–
3rd plur.	läpsäisivät	eivät läpsäisi	3rd plur.	–	–
passive	–	–	passive	–	–
imperative
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	–	–	1st sing.	–	–
2nd sing.	–	–	2nd sing.	–	–
3rd sing.	–	–	3rd sing.	–	–
1st plur.	–	–	1st plur.	–	–
2nd plur.	–	–	2nd plur.	–	–
3rd plur.	–	–	3rd plur.	–	–
passive	–	–	passive	–	–
potential
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	–	–	1st sing.	–	–
2nd sing.	–	–	2nd sing.	–	–
3rd sing.	–	–	3rd sing.	–	–
1st plur.	–	–	1st plur.	–	–
2nd plur.	–	–	2nd plur.	–	–
3rd plur.	–	–	3rd plur.	–	–
passive	–	–	passive	–	–

Nominal forms
infinitive				participle
		active	passive		active	passive
I		–		present	–	–
long I2		–		past	–	–
II	inessive1	–	–	agent1, 4	–
	instructive	–	–	negative	–
III	inessive	–	–	1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Does not exist in the case of intransitive verbs. Do not confuse with nouns formed with the -ma suffix or the 3rd infinitives.
	elative	–	–
	illative	–	–
	adessive	–	–
	abessive	–	–
	instructive	–	–
IV3		–
V		–

Derived terms

• läpsiä
• läpsyä
• läpsäistä
• läpsäyttää

 

Further reading

• “läpsää”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03