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See also: läpsi and läpši

English

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Noun

lapsi pl (plural only)

  1. (Christianity, historical) Apostates who renounced their faith under persecution by the Ancient Roman authorities.

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

lapsi

  1. partitive plural of laps

Finnish

Children

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapci, probably from Proto-Uralic *lëpće (cradle). Cognate to Erzya лавсь (lavś, cradle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑpsi/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑpsi
  • Hyphenation(key): lap‧si

Noun

lapsi

  1. child (person who is below the age of adulthood)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lapsi
  2. child (daughter or son)
    Synonyms: jälkikasvu, jälkeläinen, oma
    Nuorin lapseni on neljänkymmenenkolmen.
    My youngest child is forty-three.
  3. (by extension) child (member of a religious community)
    Jumalan lapsichild of God

Declension

Inflection of lapsi (Kotus type 29/lapsi, no gradation)
nominative lapsi lapset
genitive lapsen lapsien
lasten
partitive lasta lapsia
illative lapseen lapsiin
singular plural
nominative lapsi lapset
accusative nom. lapsi lapset
gen. lapsen
genitive lapsen lapsien
lasten
partitive lasta lapsia
inessive lapsessa lapsissa
elative lapsesta lapsista
illative lapseen lapsiin
adessive lapsella lapsilla
ablative lapselta lapsilta
allative lapselle lapsille
essive lapsena lapsina
translative lapseksi lapsiksi
abessive lapsetta lapsitta
instructive lapsin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lapsi (Kotus type 29/lapsi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lapseni lapseni
accusative nom. lapseni lapseni
gen. lapseni
genitive lapseni lapsieni
lasteni
partitive lastani lapsiani
inessive lapsessani lapsissani
elative lapsestani lapsistani
illative lapseeni lapsiini
adessive lapsellani lapsillani
ablative lapseltani lapsiltani
allative lapselleni lapsilleni
essive lapsenani lapsinani
translative lapsekseni lapsikseni
abessive lapsettani lapsittani
instructive
comitative lapsineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lapsesi lapsesi
accusative nom. lapsesi lapsesi
gen. lapsesi
genitive lapsesi lapsiesi
lastesi
partitive lastasi lapsiasi
inessive lapsessasi lapsissasi
elative lapsestasi lapsistasi
illative lapseesi lapsiisi
adessive lapsellasi lapsillasi
ablative lapseltasi lapsiltasi
allative lapsellesi lapsillesi
essive lapsenasi lapsinasi
translative lapseksesi lapsiksesi
abessive lapsettasi lapsittasi
instructive
comitative lapsinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lapsemme lapsemme
accusative nom. lapsemme lapsemme
gen. lapsemme
genitive lapsemme lapsiemme
lastemme
partitive lastamme lapsiamme
inessive lapsessamme lapsissamme
elative lapsestamme lapsistamme
illative lapseemme lapsiimme
adessive lapsellamme lapsillamme
ablative lapseltamme lapsiltamme
allative lapsellemme lapsillemme
essive lapsenamme lapsinamme
translative lapseksemme lapsiksemme
abessive lapsettamme lapsittamme
instructive
comitative lapsinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lapsenne lapsenne
accusative nom. lapsenne lapsenne
gen. lapsenne
genitive lapsenne lapsienne
lastenne
partitive lastanne lapsianne
inessive lapsessanne lapsissanne
elative lapsestanne lapsistanne
illative lapseenne lapsiinne
adessive lapsellanne lapsillanne
ablative lapseltanne lapsiltanne
allative lapsellenne lapsillenne
essive lapsenanne lapsinanne
translative lapseksenne lapsiksenne
abessive lapsettanne lapsittanne
instructive
comitative lapsinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Pronunciation

Noun

lapsi

  1. Alternative form of laps

Declension

Declension of lapsi (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lapsi lapset
genitive lapsen lapsiin, lapsiloin
partitive lasta, last lapsia, lapsiloja
illative lapsee lapsii, lapsiloihe
inessive lapsees lapsiis, lapsilois
elative lapsest lapsist, lapsiloist
allative lapselle lapsille, lapsiloille
adessive lapseel lapsiil, lapsiloil
ablative lapselt lapsilt, lapsiloilt
translative lapseks lapsiks, lapsiloiks
essive lapsenna, lapseen lapsinna, lapsiloinna, lapsiin, lapsiloin
exessive1) lapsent lapsint, lapsiloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “лапси”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 699
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 72

Latin

Participle

lāpsī

  1. inflection of lāpsus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

References

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognates include Finnish lapsi and Estonian laps.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑpsʲi/
  • Hyphenation: lap‧si

Noun

lapsi (genitive lapsen, partitive lastu)

  1. child

References

  • N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎ (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 12
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 139