lopta

Hungarian

Etymology

lop (“to steal”) +‎ -ta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈloptɒ]
• Hyphenation: lop‧ta

Verb

lopta

1. third-person singular indicative past definite of lop

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lopъta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lôpta/
• Hyphenation: lop‧ta

Noun

lȍpta f (Cyrillic spelling ло̏пта)

1. ball

Declension

Declension of lopta

	singular	plural
nominative	lȍpta	lopte
genitive	lopte	lȏptā/ lȏptī
dative	lopti	loptama
accusative	loptu	lopte
vocative	lopto	lopte
locative	lopti	loptama
instrumental	loptom	loptama

Descendants

• → Romanian: loptă (Banat)

References

• “lopta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lopъta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫɔpta/

Noun

lopta f (genitive singular lopty, nominative plural lopty, genitive plural lôpt, declension pattern of žena)

1. ball

Declension

Declension of lopta

	singular	plural
nominative	lopta	lopty
genitive	lopty	lôpt
dative	lopte	loptám
accusative	loptu	lopty
locative	lopte	loptách
instrumental	loptou	loptami

Derived terms

• loptový
• loptisko
• loptička
• loptičkový

Further reading

• “lopta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lop'ëttadak. Cognates include Finnish lopettaa.

Verb

lopta

1. to end, to discontinue
2. to finish, to complete, to conclude
3. to carry out

Inflection

Inflection of lopta (inflection type 20/oppida)
1st infinitive	lopta
present indic.	lopib
past indic.	lopi
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	lopin	lopin	—
2nd singular	lopid	lopid	lopi
3rd singular	lopib	lopi	lopkaha
1st plural	lopim	lopim	lopkam
2nd plural	lopit	lopit	lopkat
3rd plural	loptas lopiba	lopiba	lopkaha
sing. conneg.1	lopi	lopind	lopi
plur. conneg.	lopkoi	lopnugoi	lopkoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	lopižin	lopnuižin	lopnen
2nd singular	lopižid	lopnuižid	lopned
3rd singular	lopiži	lopnuiži	lopneb
1st plural	lopižim	lopnuižim	lopnem
2nd plural	lopižit	lopnuižit	lopnet
3rd plural	lopižiba	lopnuižiba	lopneba
connegative	lopiži	lopnuiži	lopne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	lopta
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	loptes	inessive	lopmas
instructive	lopten	illative	lopmaha
participles		elative	lopmaspäi
present active	lopii	adessive	lopmal
past active	lopnu	abessive	lopmat
past passive	loptud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

Derived terms

• lopmatoi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “выполнить, завершить, заканчивать, закрыть, кончать, окончить, прервать, уничтожать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika