laps
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: lăps, IPA(key): /læps/
- Homophones: lapse, Lapps
Noun
laps
Verb
laps
- third-person singular simple present indicative of lap
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin lapis.
Noun
laps m (plural lapsa, definite lapsi, definite plural lapsat)
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *lapitja, close to Greek λαπαρός (laparós, “weak”), λαπάζω (lapázo, “to weaken”).[1]
Verb
laps (aorist lapsa, participle lapsur)
Etymology 3
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
laps (aorist lapsa, participle lapsur)
References
- ^ 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
Pronunciation
Noun
laps c (singular definite lapsen, plural indefinite lapse)
Inflection
Derived terms
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognate with Finnish lapsi.
Noun
laps (genitive lapse, partitive last)
Declension
Declension of laps (ÕS type 14/uus, d/t-ø-s gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | laps | lapsed | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | lapse | ||
genitive | laste | ||
partitive | last | lapsi | |
illative | lapsde lapsesse |
lastesse lapsisse | |
inessive | lapses | lastes lapsis | |
elative | lapsest | lastest lapsist | |
allative | lapsele | lastele lapsile | |
adessive | lapsel | lastel lapsil | |
ablative | lapselt | lastelt lapsilt | |
translative | lapseks | lasteks lapsiks | |
terminative | lapseni | lasteni | |
essive | lapsena | lastena | |
abessive | lapseta | lasteta | |
comitative | lapsega | lastega |
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin lapsus (“fall”). Doublet of lapsus.
Noun
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
- 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
Etymology 2
Adjective
laps (invariable)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “laps”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ingrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognates include Finnish lapsi and Estonian laps.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈlɑps/, [ˈɫɑps̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈlɑps/, [ˈɫɑpʃ]
- Rhymes: -ɑps
- Hyphenation: laps
Noun
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
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
- (diminutive) lapsukkain
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 249
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Noun
laps m (definite singular lapsen, indefinite plural lapser, definite plural lapsene)
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