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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lopъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
Per Vasmer, of onomatopoeic origin. The secondary meaning “gulping, devouring” is comparable with Latvian lepêt (“to eat vigorously”), Lithuanian lapénti (“to absorb”), Proto-Germanic *lapōną (“to lap, to slurp”), themselves onomatopoeic. Likely further akin to Ancient Greek λᾰ́πτω (láptō, “to gulp, drink greedily”)
Noun
*lopъ m
- smack, slap, spank
- Synonym: *xlopъ
- (sound of) gulping, swallowing
Declension
Declension of *lopъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *lopъ | *lopa | *lopi |
Accusative | *lopъ | *lopa | *lopy |
Genitive | *lopa | *lopu | *lopъ |
Locative | *lopě | *lopu | *lopěxъ |
Dative | *lopu | *lopoma | *lopomъ |
Instrumental | *lopъmь, *lopomь* | *lopoma | *lopy |
Vocative | *lope | *lopa | *lopi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *lopati (“to rattle; to gulp, to swallow”), *lopiti (“to clap, to bang, to strike”)
- *lopъka (“clot, wad”)
- *lopę/*lopьnь (“loafer, slacker”)
- *lopьjь (“torrent, downpour”)
- *lopotь, *lopotьje, *lopota (“rag, tatter, frazzle cloth”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: лоп (lop)
- Russian: лоп (lop) (colloquial)
- Ukrainian: лоп (lop)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: лоп-лоп (lop-lop)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: лоп (lop, “robbery, plunder”) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ло̏п
- Latin: lȍp
- Slovene: lòp
- Bulgarian: лоп-лоп (lop-lop)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лопать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lopъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 77
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “лоп-лоп”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 470
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “lópiti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si
Etymology 2
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lápas (“leaf”)[1], cognate with Lithuanian lãpas (“leaf”), Latvian lapa (“leaf, sheet of paper”). Probably akin to Proto-Germanic *lappô (“lap, rag”), Proto-Germanic *lattō (“lath, shutter, board”). C. D. Buck suggests further relationship to Ancient Greek λέπω (lépō, “to peel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Noun
*lopъ m[2]
- (regional) plant, herb with large bulbous leaves
Declension
Declension of *lopъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *lopъ | *lopa | *lopi |
Accusative | *lopъ | *lopa | *lopy |
Genitive | *lopa | *lopu | *lopъ |
Locative | *lopě | *lopu | *lopěxъ |
Dative | *lopu | *lopoma | *lopomъ |
Instrumental | *lopъmь, *lopomь* | *lopoma | *lopy |
Vocative | *lope | *lopa | *lopi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *lopuxъ, *lopunъ (“burdock”)
- *lopurъ (“water lilly”)
- *lopěnъ (“mullein”)
- *lopata (“shovel”)
- *lopъta (“ball, orb”), *loputa (“valve”)
Related terms
- *lapa (“paw”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: лоп (lop, “butterbur”) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: лоп (lop, “water rose”)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lopъ II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 77
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “лоп¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 470
- “lapas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “lapas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “lopuh”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “iz *lopъ ‛lapuh’”