laps
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: lăps, IPA(key): /læps/
- Homophones: lapse, Lapps
Noun edit
laps
Verb edit
laps
- 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)
Declension edit
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)
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)
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “laps”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 191
- ^ 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)
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognate with Finnish lapsi.
Noun edit
laps (genitive lapse, partitive last)
Declension edit
singular (ainsus) | plural (mitmus) | |
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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 |
Derived terms edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin lapsus (“fall”). Doublet of lapsus.
Noun edit
laps m (plural laps)
- 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
Adjective edit
laps (invariable)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “laps”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ingrian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognates include Finnish lapsi and Estonian laps.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈlɑps/, [ˈɫɑps̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈlɑps/, [ˈɫɑpʃ]
- Rhymes: -ɑps
- Hyphenation: laps
Noun edit
laps
- 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?
- Why do now so many
Declension edit
Declension of laps (type 5/keeli, no gradation) | ||
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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
- (diminutive) lapsukkain
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)