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lapė

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Lithuanian

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Amerikinė lapė - A kit fox

Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lapijāˀ (compare Old Prussian lape, Latvian lapsa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(w)lṓp- ~ *h₂wl̥p- (“(red) fox”); compare Welsh llywarn (“fox”), Breton louarn, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Armenian աղվես (aġves), Albanian dhelpër. The traditional connection to Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p- (“cat, marten”) (whence vilpišỹs (“wild cat”), Persian روباه (rubâh), and Latin vulpēs (“fox”)), is somewhat contested due to phonetic difficulties.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lãpė f (plural lãpės) stress pattern 2

  1. fox

Declension

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Declension of lãpė
singular plural
nominative lãpė lãpės
genitive lãpės lãpių
dative lãpei lãpėms
accusative lãpę lapès
instrumental lapè lãpėmis
locative lãpėje lãpėse
vocative lãpe lãpės

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “lapė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274