lāpa

See also: lapa, lapā, and łapa

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 declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	lāpa	lāpas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	lāpu	lāpas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	lāpas	lāpu
dative (datīvs)	lāpai	lāpām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	lāpu	lāpām
locative (lokatīvs)	lāpā	lāpās
vocative (vokatīvs)	lāpa	lāpas

Verb

lāpa

1. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular present indicative form of lāpīt
2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural present indicative form of lāpīt
3. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular imperative form of lāpīt
4. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural imperative form of lāpīt

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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)

Noun

lāpa ?

1. quail