लोप

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लोप (lópa).

Pronunciation

Noun

लोप (lopm

  1. (rare, formal) cutting off, mutilation, destruction, omission, dropping or falling out, disappearance, rejection, annulling, cancelling, erasure
  2. (grammar) elision, apocope

Declension

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Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

लोप m

  1. Devanagari script form of lopa (cutting off)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 294; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      तिस्स त्थित्तं॥१३॥
      अस इच्चेताय धातुया तिस्स विभत्तिस्स त्थित्तं होति धात्वन्तस्स लोपो च।अत्थि।
      13. Tissa tthittaṃ.
      Asa iccetāya dhātuyā tissa vibhattissa tthittaṃ hoti dhātvantassa lopo ca. Atthi.
      'Tthi' from 'ti'.
      'As': from this root the ending 'ti' becomes 'tthi' and the end of the root is dropped. Yields atthi.

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hláwpas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hláwpas, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrówp-o-s, from the root *Hrewp- (to break, tear (up)) +‎ *-os. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *raubaz (rape; robbery).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

लोप (lópa) stemm

  1. breaking, hurting, injury, destruction, interruption
  2. neglect, violation, transgression (of a vow or duty)
  3. robbing, plundering
  4. want, deficiency, absence, disappearance
  5. (grammar) dropping, elision

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of लोप (lópa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative लोपः
lópaḥ
लोपौ / लोपा¹
lópau / lópā¹
लोपाः / लोपासः¹
lópāḥ / lópāsaḥ¹
Vocative लोप
lópa
लोपौ / लोपा¹
lópau / lópā¹
लोपाः / लोपासः¹
lópāḥ / lópāsaḥ¹
Accusative लोपम्
lópam
लोपौ / लोपा¹
lópau / lópā¹
लोपान्
lópān
Instrumental लोपेन
lópena
लोपाभ्याम्
lópābhyām
लोपैः / लोपेभिः¹
lópaiḥ / lópebhiḥ¹
Dative लोपाय
lópāya
लोपाभ्याम्
lópābhyām
लोपेभ्यः
lópebhyaḥ
Ablative लोपात्
lópāt
लोपाभ्याम्
lópābhyām
लोपेभ्यः
lópebhyaḥ
Genitive लोपस्य
lópasya
लोपयोः
lópayoḥ
लोपानाम्
lópānām
Locative लोपे
lópe
लोपयोः
lópayoḥ
लोपेषु
lópeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Gujarati: લોપ (lop)
  • Hindi: लोप (lop)
  • Bengali: লোপ (lōp)
  • Pali: lopa
  • Thai: ลบ (lóp)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “LOP”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 482
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “lop”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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