lepel

See also: Lepel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lēpel, from Old Dutch *lepil, from Proto-West Germanic *lapil. Equivalent to leppen +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.pəl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: le‧pel
• Rhymes: -eːpəl

Noun

Lepels.

lepel m (plural lepels, diminutive lepeltje n)

1. spoon

Derived terms

• eetlepel
• juslepel
• lepelaar
• lepelbekeend
• lepelblad
• lepelen
• lepeltje-lepeltje
• maatlepel
• opscheplepel
• sauslepel
• schoenlepel
• soeplepel
• theelepel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lepel
• Berbice Creole Dutch: leple
• Jersey Dutch: lêpel
• Negerhollands: leepel, leppu
• Skepi Creole Dutch: lepel
• → Manado Malay: leper
• → Lokono: lepele

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain derivation. Either from the Old Hungarian noun lep (“blanket, bedsheet”) or from the verb lep (“to cover”) +‎ -el (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛpɛl]
• Hyphenation: le‧pel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

lepel (plural leplek)

1. wrap, sheet, shroud, veil (a thin fabric used to cover something)
2. (figuratively) cover (that which conceals; a disguise or pretext)

   a sötétség leple alatt ― under cover of darkness

3. (literary) a burial shroud

   Synonyms: halotti lepel, szemfedő

4. (botany) perigone

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	lepel	leplek
accusative	leplet	lepleket
dative	lepelnek	lepleknek
instrumental	lepellel	leplekkel
causal-final	lepelért	leplekért
translative	lepellé	leplekké
terminative	lepelig	leplekig
essive-formal	lepelként	leplekként
essive-modal	lepelül	—
inessive	lepelben	leplekben
superessive	leplen	lepleken
adessive	lepelnél	lepleknél
illative	lepelbe	leplekbe
sublative	lepelre	leplekre
allative	lepelhez	leplekhez
elative	lepelből	leplekből
delative	lepelről	leplekről
ablative	lepeltől	leplektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	lepelé	lepleké
non-attributive possessive – plural	lepeléi	leplekéi

Possessive forms of lepel

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	leplem	lepleim
2nd person sing.	lepled	lepleid
3rd person sing.	leple	leplei
1st person plural	leplünk	lepleink
2nd person plural	lepletek	lepleitek
3rd person plural	leplük	lepleik

Derived terms

• leplez

Expressions

• halotti lepel
• lerántja a leplet

Further reading

• lepel in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lepil, from Proto-West Germanic *lapil.

Noun

lēpel m or n

1. spoon

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	lēpel	lēpele
accusative	lēpel	lēpele
genitive	lēpels	lēpele
dative	lēpele	lēpelen

Strong neuter noun

	singular	plural
nominative	lēpel	lēpel, lēpele
accusative	lēpel	lēpel, lēpele
genitive	lēpels	lēpele
dative	lēpele	lēpelen

Descendants

• Dutch: lepel
  • Afrikaans: lepel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: leple
  • Jersey Dutch: lêpel
  • Negerhollands: leepel, leppu
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: lepel
  • → Manado Malay: leper
  • → Lokono: lepele
• Limburgish: laepel

Further reading

• “lepel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “lepel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN