lapė

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Amerikinė lapė - A kit fox

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lapē (compare Old Prussian lape, Latvian lapsa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p ~ *h₂ulp ((red) fox); compare Welsh llywarn (fox), Breton louarn, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Armenian աղվես (aġves), Albanian dhelpër. The traditional connection to Proto-Indo-European *(H)ulp- (cat, marten) (whence vilpišỹs (wild cat), Persian روباه (rubâh), and Latin vulpēs (fox)), is somewhat contested due to phonetic difficulties.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

lãpė f (plural lãpės) stress pattern 2

  1. fox

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References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lapė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274