lāpa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lapa"

Latvian

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”) and so cognate with Old Norse leiptr (“lightning”), Lithuanian liepsnà (“flame”), Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine”), Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Latin limpidus (“bright”).

Noun

lāpa f (4th declension)

1. torch
2. flambeau

Declension

Declension of lāpa (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	lāpa	lāpas
genitive	lāpas	lāpu
dative	lāpai	lāpām
accusative	lāpu	lāpas
instrumental	lāpu	lāpām
locative	lāpā	lāpās
vocative	lāpa	lāpas

Verb

lāpa

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of lāpīt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of lāpīt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of lāpīt

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀮𑀸𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• लाप (Devanagari script)
• লাপ (Bengali script)
• ලාප (Sinhalese script)
• လာပ or လႃပ (Burmese script)
• ลาป or ลาปะ (Thai script)
• ᩃᩣᨷ (Tai Tham script)
• ລາປ or ລາປະ (Lao script)
• លាប (Khmer script)
• 𑄣𑄂𑄛 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit लाप (lāpa, “talking”).

The connection between 'talk' and 'quail' is that quails seem to talk a lot. The form corresponding to Sanskrit लाब (lāba, “quail”) would have merged with *lāpa (“talker”) in some eastern dialects.

Noun

lāpa m

1. talk
2. (bird) quail

Declension

Declension table of "lāpa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	lāpo	lāpā
Accusative (second)	lāpaṃ	lāpe
Instrumental (third)	lāpena	lāpehi or lāpebhi
Dative (fourth)	lāpassa or lāpāya or lāpatthaṃ	lāpānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	lāpasmā or lāpamhā or lāpā	lāpehi or lāpebhi
Genitive (sixth)	lāpassa	lāpānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	lāpasmiṃ or lāpamhi or lāpe	lāpesu
Vocative (calling)	lāpa	lāpā

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “lāpa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead