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Russian
Etymology
Probably from an onomatopoeic or interjectory root of Proto-Slavic origin.[1][2][3] Proposed cognates include (vulgar) ля́па (ljápa, “spot, stain; mistake”); (dialectal) ля́па (ljápa, “slap in the face”, noun), аляповатый (aljapovatyj, “crudely fashioned”), Ukrainian ля́пати (ljápaty, “splash; soil”, verb), ля́пка (ljápka, “blot, smudge”, noun), Belarusian ля́паць (ljápacʹ, “knock; speak harshly”, verb)[1][2][3] Chernyshev also postulates a relationship to ла́па (lápa, “paw; big foot”), ла́пaть (lápatʹ, “paw, grope”).[1] A possible relationship to the root in ля́псус (ljápsus, “blunder, slip”) remains to be clarified.
Pronunciation
Noun
ляп • (ljap) m inan (genitive ля́па, nominative plural ля́пы, genitive plural ля́пов)
- (colloquial) error, mistake; blooper, blunder
- Synonym: опло́шность (oplóšnostʹ)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ляпать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 500
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “ляпать”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ляп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress