lapsa
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) lāpsa
- nominative feminine singular of lāpsus
- nominative neuter plural of lāpsus
- accusative neuter plural of lāpsus
- vocative feminine singular of lāpsus
- vocative neuter plural of lāpsus
Participle
(deprecated template usage) lāpsā
Latvian
Etymology
From earlier *lapesa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Baltic *lap- (< *wlap-, *wlop-) with an extra element *-eš (< *-eḱ), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *wlp-, *lup-, *lop-, *h₂wl(o)p, *h₂ulp, ultimately from the stem *wel- (“to pluck; to steal, to plunder; to tear”), whence also vilks (“wolf”), q.v.). The original meaning was, as in the case of vilks, also “thief,” “tearer.” Cognates include Latgalian lopsa, Lithuanian lãpė, Old Prussian lape, Sudovian laps, Breton louarn, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Sanskrit लोपाशः (lopāśaḥ, “fox, jackal”), Latin volpēs, Khotanese [script needed] (rrūvāsa), Armenian աղվես (aġves), Persian روباه (rubâh).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
lapsa f (4th declension)
- fox (esp. Vulpes vulpes)
- sarkanā lapsa ― red fox
- lapsas āda ― fox skin, fur
- lapsu medības ― fox hunting
- viltīgs kā lapsa ― cunning as a fox
- lapsas ir veikli dzīvnieki, tās labi prot izvairīties no briesmām un iegūt laupījumu ― foxes are crafty animals, they know well how to avoid danger and get prey
- (figuratively) fox, old fox (a cunning person)
- ar ziņojumiem par puiku nemieriem skolu inspektors Valmierā tikai pats grib tikt labākā vietā... vai nu kurators Rīgā lai būtu tāds āpsis un ticētu Valmieras lapsai? ― with reports of unrest among the boys the school inspector in Valmiera only wanted to get a better position... or would the curator in Riga be a badger and believe the Valmieran fox?
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References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “lapsa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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