laps

See also: laps', läpš, and łaps

English

Pronunciation

Noun

laps

  1. plural of lap

Verb

laps

  1. 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)

  1. pencil
Declension
Declension of laps
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative laps lapsi lapsa lapsat
accusative lapsin
dative lapsi lapsit lapsave lapsave
ablative lapsash

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *lapitja, close to Greek λαπαρός (laparós, “weak”), λαπάζω (lapázo, “to weaken”).[1]

Verb

laps (aorist lapsa, participle lapsur)

  1. to wear out, tire
Conjugation

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)

  1. to wish, want
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “laps aor. lapsa "to exhaust, to wary"”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 213
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “laps aor. lapsa "to wish, to want"”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 213

Further reading

  • Jani Thomai et al. (2006), “laps”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), Tiranë: Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “laps”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laps/, [lɑb̥s]

Noun

laps c (singular definite lapsen, plural indefinite lapse)

  1. fop, dandy (a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
  2. a shabby man [from 1990]

Inflection

Declension of laps
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative laps lapsen lapse lapsene
genitive laps' lapsens lapses lapsenes

Derived terms

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognate with Finnish lapsi.

Noun

laps (genitive lapse, partitive last)

  1. child, kid

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 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

  • IPA(key): /laps/
  • Audio (France (Toulouse)):(file)

Etymology 1

    Learned borrowing from Latin lapsus (“fall”). Doublet of lapsus.

    Noun

    laps m (invariable)

    1. 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 […]
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    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

    From Latin lapsus (“fallen”).

    Adjective

    laps (invariable)

    1. (archaic) apostate of Catholicism
    Derived terms
    • laps et relaps

    Further reading

    Ingrian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognates include Finnish lapsi and Estonian laps.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    laps

    1. 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?

    Declension

    Declension of laps (type 5/suur, no gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative laps lapset
    genitive lapsen lapsiin
    partitive lasta, last lapsia
    illative lapsee lapsii
    inessive lapsees lapsiis
    elative lapsest lapsist
    allative lapselle lapsille
    adessive lapseel lapsiil
    ablative lapselt lapsilt
    translative lapseks lapsiks
    essive lapsenna, lapseen lapsinna, lapsiin
    exessive1) lapsent lapsint
    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

    References

    • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 249

    Livonian

    Noun

    laps

    1. genitive singular of läpš

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /laps/, [laps]

    Noun

    laps m (definite singular lapsen, indefinite plural lapser, definite plural lapsene)

    1. fop, dandy (a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)

    References