lop

See also: Lop, løp, löp, lốp, and lớp

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɒp/

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• Rhymes: -ɒp

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Etymology 1

From Middle English loppe (“bough”); the verb is a back-formation from the adjective.

Verb

1. (transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
   • 1742, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, Night I

     Some, for hard masters, broken under arms,

     In battle lopt away, with half their limbs,

     Beg bitter bread thro’ realms their valour sav’d,

2. To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
3. To allow to hang down.

   to lop the head

Synonyms

• (to cut off): snead

Derived terms

• lopper, loppers

Translations

cut off

• Czech: osekat pf
• Galician: fanar, demoucar, decotar, podar, moucar
• Greek: κλαδεύω (el) (kladévo)
• Hungarian: levág (hu), lenyes (hu), lecsíp, levesz (hu)
• Ido: rekortar (io)
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• Irish: meang
• Latin: putō (la)
• Maori: pōuto
• Russian: обруба́ть (ru) n (obrubátʹ)
• Spanish: podar (es), cortar (es), mochar (es)
• Swedish: kvista (sv), avkvista

Noun

lop (plural lops)

1. That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.

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See also

• defalcate

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “lop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Etymology 2

From Middle English loppe (“flea, spider”), from Old English loppe (“spider, silk-worm, flea”), from Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea", originally, "jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”). Cognate with Danish loppe (“flea”), Swedish loppa (“flea”). Compare also Middle High German lüpfen, lupfen (“to raise”, obsolete also “to rise”).

Noun

lop (plural lops)

1. (Geordie) A flea.

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   Hadway wi ye man, ye liftin wi lops.

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
• “lop”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “lop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [2]
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3]

Etymology 3

Back-formation from lopsided.

Noun

lop (plural lops)

1. (US, dated, slang) (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
   • 1935: Rex Stout, The League of Frightened Men, p5

     "He's a lop; it mentions here about his getting up to the stand with his crippled leg but it doesn't say which one."

2. Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.

See also

• lob

Anagrams

• LPO, PLO, POL, Pol., pol

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A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *lap

Verb

lop

1. to count

References

• Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 21 (2009)

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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Probably influenced by French loup, from Latin lupus. Doublet of naturally inherited luef.

Noun

lop m (plural lops)

1. wolf

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlop]

Verb

lop

1. (transitive) to steal, to shoplift (from someone -tól/-től)

   Másoktól lop ötleteket. ― He/she steals ideas from others.

Conjugation

conjugation of lop

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lopok	lopsz	lop	lopunk	loptok	lopnak
		Def.	lopom	lopod	lopja	lopjuk	lopjátok	lopják
		2nd-p. o.	loplak	―
	Past	Indef.	loptam	loptál	lopott	loptunk	loptatok	loptak
		Def.	loptam	loptad	lopta	loptuk	loptátok	lopták
		2nd-p. o.	loptalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. lopni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	lopék	lopál	lopa	lopánk	lopátok	lopának
		Def.	lopám	lopád	lopá	lopánk	lopátok	lopák
		2nd-p. o.	lopálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. lop vala, lopott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	lopandok	lopandasz	lopand	lopandunk	lopandotok	lopandanak
		Def.	lopandom	lopandod	lopandja	lopandjuk	lopandjátok	lopandják
		2nd-p. o.	lopandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lopnék	lopnál	lopna	lopnánk	lopnátok	lopnának
		Def.	lopnám	lopnád	lopná	lopnánk (or lopnók)	lopnátok	lopnák
		2nd-p. o.	lopnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lopott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lopjak	lopj or lopjál	lopjon	lopjunk	lopjatok	lopjanak
		Def.	lopjam	lopd or lopjad	lopja	lopjuk	lopjátok	lopják
		2nd-p. o.	lopjalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lopott légyen
Infinitive	lopni		lopnom	lopnod	lopnia	lopnunk	lopnotok	lopniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	lopás		lopó	lopott	lopandó	lopva (lopván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of lop

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lophatok	lophatsz	lophat	lophatunk	lophattok	lophatnak
		Def.	lophatom	lophatod	lophatja	lophatjuk	lophatjátok	lophatják
		2nd-p. o.	lophatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	lophattam	lophattál	lophatott	lophattunk	lophattatok	lophattak
		Def.	lophattam	lophattad	lophatta	lophattuk	lophattátok	lophatták
		2nd-p. o.	lophattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	lophaték	lophatál	lophata	lophatánk	lophatátok	lophatának
		Def.	lophatám	lophatád	lophatá	lophatánk	lophatátok	lophaták
		2nd-p. o.	lophatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. lophat vala, lophatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	lophatandok or lopandhatok	lophatandasz or lopandhatsz	lophatand or lopandhat	lophatandunk or lopandhatunk	lophatandotok or lopandhattok	lophatandanak or lopandhatnak
		Def.	lophatandom or lopandhatom	lophatandod or lopandhatod	lophatandja or lopandhatja	lophatandjuk or lopandhatjuk	lophatandjátok or lopandhatjátok	lophatandják or lopandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	lophatandalak or lopandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lophatnék	lophatnál	lophatna	lophatnánk	lophatnátok	lophatnának
		Def.	lophatnám	lophatnád	lophatná	lophatnánk (or lophatnók)	lophatnátok	lophatnák
		2nd-p. o.	lophatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lophatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	lophassak	lophass or lophassál	lophasson	lophassunk	lophassatok	lophassanak
		Def.	lophassam	lophasd or lophassad	lophassa	lophassuk	lophassátok	lophassák
		2nd-p. o.	lophassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lophatott légyen
Inf.	(lophatni)		(lophatnom)	(lophatnod)	(lophatnia)	(lophatnunk)	(lophatnotok)	(lophatniuk)
Positive adjective			lopható	Neg. adj.	lophatatlan	Adv. part.	(lophatva / lophatván)

Derived terms

• lopakodik
• lopás
• lopdos
• lopkod
• lopódzik
• naplopó

(With verbal prefixes):

• belop
• ellop
• kilop
• lelop
• meglop
• összelop
• visszalop

Descendants

• Serbo-Croatian: lopov

• Slovene: lópov

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Middle English

Noun

lop

1. Alternative form of loppe (“spider”)

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan lop, from Latin lupus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlup]

Noun

lop m (plural lops, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)

1. wolf

Derived terms

• penche de lop

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *loppu.

Noun

lop

1. end

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Volapük

Noun

lop (nominative plural lops)

1. opera

Declension

declension of lop

	singular	plural
nominative	lop	lops
genitive	lopa	lopas
dative	lope	lopes
accusative	lopi	lopis
vocative 1	o lop!	o lops!
predicative 2	lopu	lopus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• lopöp
• lopül