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lep

See also: LEP, lép, and lěp

Translingual

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lep

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lepcha.

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English

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Etymology

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Short for Lepidoptera.

Noun

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lep (plural leps)

  1. (rare, sciences) A butterfly or moth.
    • 2006, Lori A. Spencer, Don R. Simons, Arkansas Butterflies and Moths, page 3:
      Butterflies and moths belong to the insect order Lepidoptera (“leps” for short), which means “scale-wing.”

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *läppɜ (“roof, cover”). Cognate with Udmurt липыны (ľipyny, “covering, roof”) and Lule Sami liehpa/liehppa.[1]

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Verb

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lep

  1. (literary or archaic) to cover
    See synonyms at Thesaurus:fed.

Usage notes

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This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

  • lep (…) be, be … lep ― belep
  • lep (…) el, el … lep ― ellep
  • lep (…) meg, meg … lep ― meglep

Conjugation

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conjugation of lep
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. lepek lepsz lep lepünk leptek lepnek
Def. lepem leped lepi lepjük lepitek lepik
2nd-p. o. leplek ―
Past Indef. leptem leptél lepett leptünk leptetek leptek
Def. leptem lepted lepte leptük leptétek lepték
2nd-p. o. leptelek ―
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. lepni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. lepék lepél lepe lepénk lepétek lepének
Def. lepém lepéd lepé lepénk lepétek lepék
2nd-p. o. lepélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. lep vala, lepett vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. lependek lependesz lepend lependünk lependetek lependenek
Def. lependem lepended lependi lependjük lependitek lependik
2nd-p. o. lependelek ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. lepnék lepnél lepne lepnénk lepnétek lepnének
Def. lepném lepnéd lepné lepnénk
(or lepnők) 		lepnétek lepnék
2nd-p. o. lepnélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lepett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. lepjek lepj or
lepjél 		lepjen lepjünk lepjetek lepjenek
Def. lepjem lepd or
lepjed 		lepje lepjük lepjétek lepjék
2nd-p. o. lepjelek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lepett légyen
Infinitive lepni lepnem lepned lepnie lepnünk lepnetek lepniük
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forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
lepés lepő lepett lependő lepve (lepvén)
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 lep
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. lephetek lephetsz lephet lephetünk lephettek lephetnek
Def. lephetem lepheted lepheti lephetjük lephetitek lephetik
2nd-p. o. lephetlek ―
Past Indef. lephettem lephettél lephetett lephettünk lephettetek lephettek
Def. lephettem lephetted lephette lephettük lephettétek lephették
2nd-p. o. lephettelek ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. lepheték lephetél lephete lepheténk lephetétek lephetének
Def. lephetém lephetéd lepheté lepheténk lephetétek lepheték
2nd-p. o. lephetélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. lephet vala, lephetett vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. lephetendek
or lepandhatok 		lephetendesz
or lepandhatsz 		lephetend
or lepandhat 		lephetendünk
or lepandhatunk 		lephetendetek
or lepandhattok 		lephetendenek
or lepandhatnak
Def. lephetendem
or lepandhatom 		lephetended
or lepandhatod 		lephetendi
or lepandhatja 		lephetendjük
or lepandhatjuk 		lephetenditek
or lepandhatjátok 		lephetendik
or lepandhatják
2nd-p. o. lephetendelek
or lepandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. lephetnék lephetnél lephetne lephetnénk lephetnétek lephetnének
Def. lephetném lephetnéd lephetné lephetnénk
(or lephetnők) 		lephetnétek lephetnék
2nd-p. o. lephetnélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lephetett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. lephessek lephess or
lephessél 		lephessen lephessünk lephessetek lephessenek
Def. lephessem lephesd or
lephessed 		lephesse lephessük lephessétek lephessék
2nd-p. o. lephesselek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lephetett légyen
Inf. (lephetni) (lephetnem) (lephetned) (lephetnie) (lephetnünk) (lephetnetek) (lephetniük)
Positive adjective lephető Neg. adj. lephetetlen Adv. part. (lephetve / lephetvén)

Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ Álgu etymological database, entry #37965 (language: Hungarian, word: lep)

Further reading

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  • lep in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Pronunciation

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lep

  1. tongue

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English leap; see further there.

Noun

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lep (plural lepes)

  1. A basket; a bucket.
    • c. 1500, “Suspencio Iude [The Hanging of Judas]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 395, lines 55–60:
      My ded to se then myght be noght; / A lytyll lep he gart be wroght, / & ther I was in bed [i-]brought / & bondon faste; / To the salt se then thay soght, / & In me Caste.
      So as not to see my death, he bade a basket be made, and I was brought there from my bed, and bound fast. They went to the salt sea, and cast me in.

Descendants

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  • English: leap

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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lep

  1. (non-standard since 1938) present tense of lepja
  2. (non-standard since 1938) imperative of lepja

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛp/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛp
  • Syllabification: lep

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̑pъ.

Noun

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lep m inan

  1. flypaper (“a strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it”)
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Declension of lep
singular plural
nominative lep lepy
genitive lepu lepów
dative lepowi lepom
accusative lep lepy
instrumental lepem lepami
locative lepie lepach
vocative lepie lepy
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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lep f

  1. genitive plural of lepa

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lep

  1. second-person singular imperative of lepić

Further reading

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  • lep in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lep in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěpъ.

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Adjective

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lȇp (Cyrillic spelling ле̑п, definite lȇpī, comparative lȅpšī)

  1. nice, pretty

Declension

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positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lep lepa lepo
genitive lepa lepe lepa
dative lepu lepoj lepu
accusative inanimate
animate 		lep
lepa 		lepu lepo
vocative lep lepa lepo
locative lepu lepoj lepu
instrumental lepim lepom lepim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lepi lepe lepa
genitive lepih lepih lepih
dative lepim(a) lepim(a) lepim(a)
accusative lepe lepe lepa
vocative lepi lepe lepa
locative lepim(a) lepim(a) lepim(a)
instrumental lepim(a) lepim(a) lepim(a)
positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lepi lepa lepo
genitive lepog(a) lepe lepog(a)
dative lepom(u/e) lepoj lepom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		lepi
lepog(a) 		lepu lepo
vocative lepi lepa lepo
locative lepom(e/u) lepoj lepom(e/u)
instrumental lepim lepom lepim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lepi lepe lepa
genitive lepih lepih lepih
dative lepim(a) lepim(a) lepim(a)
accusative lepe lepe lepa
vocative lepi lepe lepa
locative lepim(a) lepim(a) lepim(a)
instrumental lepim(a) lepim(a) lepim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lepši lepša lepše
genitive lepšeg(a) lepše lepšeg(a)
dative lepšem(u) lepšoj lepšem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		lepši
lepšeg(a) 		lepšu lepše
vocative lepši lepša lepše
locative lepšem(u) lepšoj lepšem(u)
instrumental lepšim lepšom lepšim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lepši lepše lepša
genitive lepših lepših lepših
dative lepšim(a) lepšim(a) lepšim(a)
accusative lepše lepše lepša
vocative lepši lepše lepša
locative lepšim(a) lepšim(a) lepšim(a)
instrumental lepšim(a) lepšim(a) lepšim(a)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najlepši najlepša najlepše
genitive najlepšeg(a) najlepše najlepšeg(a)
dative najlepšem(u) najlepšoj najlepšem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		najlepši
najlepšeg(a) 		najlepšu najlepše
vocative najlepši najlepša najlepše
locative najlepšem(u) najlepšoj najlepšem(u)
instrumental najlepšim najlepšom najlepšim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najlepši najlepše najlepša
genitive najlepših najlepših najlepših
dative najlepšim(a) najlepšim(a) najlepšim(a)
accusative najlepše najlepše najlepša
vocative najlepši najlepše najlepša
locative najlepšim(a) najlepšim(a) najlepšim(a)
instrumental najlepšim(a) najlepšim(a) najlepšim(a)

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *lěpъ.

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Adjective

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lẹ̑p (comparative lẹ̑pši, superlative nȁjlẹ̑pši)

  1. beautiful; handsome
    Antonym: gȓd
    Njegova hči je mlada in zelo lepa ženska. ― His daughter is a young and very pretty woman.
  2. nice
Inflection
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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. lép lépa lépo
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative lép ind
lépi def 		lépa lépo
genitive lépega lépe lépega
dative lépemu lépi lépemu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitiveanim 		lépo lépo
locative lépem lépi lépem
instrumental lépim lépo lépim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative lépa lépi lépi
genitive lépih lépih lépih
dative lépima lépima lépima
accusative lépa lépi lépi
locative lépih lépih lépih
instrumental lépima lépima lépima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative lépi lépe lépa
genitive lépih lépih lépih
dative lépim lépim lépim
accusative lépe lépe lépa
locative lépih lépih lépih
instrumental lépimi lépimi lépimi

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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lẹ̑p m inan

  1. (archaic) glue
    Synonym: lepílo
Inflection
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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. lép
gen. sing. lépa
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		lép lépa lépi
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		lépa lépov lépov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		lépu lépoma lépom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		lép lépa lépe
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		lépu lépih lépih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		lépom lépoma lépi

Further reading

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  • “lep”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *leppä, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *léiˀpāˀ. Cognates include Finnish leppä.

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Noun

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lep

  1. alder (tree)

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Inflection of lep (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing. lep
genitive sing. lepän
partitive sing. lepäd
partitive plur. lepid
singular plural
nominative lep lepäd
accusative lepän lepäd
genitive lepän lepiden
partitive lepäd lepid
essive-instructive lepän lepin
translative lepäks lepikš
inessive lepäs lepiš
elative lepäspäi lepišpäi
illative lepähä lepihe
adessive lepäl lepil
ablative lepälpäi lepilpäi
allative lepäle lepile
abessive lepäta lepita
comitative lepänke lepidenke
prolative lepädme lepidme
approximative I lepänno lepidenno
approximative II lepännoks lepidennoks
egressive lepännopäi lepidennopäi
terminative I lepähäsai lepihesai
terminative II lepälesai lepilesai
terminative III lepässai —
additive I lepähäpäi lepihepäi
additive II lepälepäi lepilepäi

Volapük

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Noun

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lep (nominative plural leps)

  1. (male or female) ape
  2. (male or female) monkey

Declension

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declension of lep
singular plural
nominative lep leps
genitive lepa lepas
dative lepe lepes
accusative lepi lepis
vocative 1 o lep! o leps!
predicative 2 lepu lepus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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