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Bulgarian
Etymology
From an onomatopoeic root Proto-Slavic *lep- + -ет (-et). Parallel to Old Church Slavonic лопотивъ (lopotivŭ, “stuttering”) (with o-grade).
Pronunciation
Noun
ле́пет • (lépet) m (dialectal)
- babbling, chatter (unintelligible speech)
Declension
Declension of ле́пет
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singular
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ле́пет
lépet
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definite
(subject form)
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ле́петът
lépetǎt
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definite
(object form)
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ле́пета
lépeta
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Derived terms
- ло́пам (lópam, “to bang, to clatter”) (dialectal)
- лаф (laf, “chit-chat”) (Turkish borrowing of Persian origin, cognate with the Slavic lemma)
References
- “лепет”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “лепе́тенѥ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 10
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лепет”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 364
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
ле́пет • (lépet) m inan (genitive ле́пета, nominative plural ле́петы, genitive plural ле́петов)
- babble, prattle (inarticulate or senseless talk)
Declension