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Russian
Etymology
Probably from an onomatopoeic or interjectory root related to Proto-Slavic *lopiti (“to clap, bang, strike”) or *lapa (“paw”). See more at ляп (ljap), ля́па (ljápa).
Pronunciation
Verb
ля́пать • (ljápatʹ) impf (perfective ля́пнуть or сля́пать or наля́пать)
- (colloquial, derogatory) to make hastily, to throw together
- Perfective: сля́пать (sljápatʹ)
- (colloquial, derogatory) to slap, to splotch, to daub (paint on something)
- Perfective: наля́пать (naljápatʹ)
- (colloquial, derogatory) to whack, to hit
- (colloquial, derogatory) to blurt out, to blab
- Perfective: ля́пнуть (ljápnutʹ)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ля́пать (class 1a imperfective transitive)
Derived terms
- ля́паться impf (ljápatʹsja)
- вля́пать pf (vljápatʹ), вля́пывать impf (vljápyvatʹ)
- вля́паться pf (vljápatʹsja), вля́пываться impf (vljápyvatʹsja)
- заля́пать pf (zaljápatʹ), заля́пывать impf (zaljápyvatʹ)
- заля́паться pf (zaljápatʹsja), заля́пываться impf (zaljápyvatʹsja)
- наля́пать pf (naljápatʹ), наля́пывать impf (naljápyvatʹ)
- обля́пать pf (obljápatʹ), обля́пывать impf (obljápyvatʹ)
- обля́паться pf (obljápatʹsja), обля́пываться impf (obljápyvatʹsja)
- отля́пать pf (otljápatʹ), отля́пывать impf (otljápyvatʹ)
- приля́пать pf (priljápatʹ), приля́пывать impf (priljápyvatʹ)
- разля́пать pf (razljápatʹ), разля́пывать impf (razljápyvatʹ)
- сля́пать pf (sljápatʹ)
References
- ^ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “ляпать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN
- ^ Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “ляпать”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ляп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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