lepel
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Lepels.
See also: Lepel
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch lēpel, from Old Dutch *lepil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
lepel m (plural lepels, diminutive lepeltje n)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: lepel
- Berbice Creole Dutch: leple
- Jersey Dutch: lêpel
- Negerhollands: leepel, leppu
- Skepi Creole Dutch: lepel
- → Lokono: lepele
Hungarian
Etymology
Uncertain derivation. Either from the Old Hungarian noun lep (“blanket, bedsheet”) or from the verb lep (“to cover”) + -el (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
lepel (plural leplek)
- wrap, sheet, shroud, veil (a thin fabric used to cover something)
- (figuratively) cover (that which conceals; a disguise or pretext)
- a sötétség leple alatt ― under cover of the darkness
- (literary) a burial shroud
- Synonyms: halotti lepel, szemfedő
- (botany) perigone
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lepel | leplek |
| accusative | leplet | lepleket |
| dative | lepelnek | lepleknek |
| instrumental | lepellel | leplekkel |
| causal-final | lepelért | leplekért |
| translative | lepellé | leplekké |
| terminative | lepelig | leplekig |
| essive-formal | lepelként | leplekként |
| essive-modal | lepelül | — |
| inessive | lepelben | leplekben |
| superessive | leplen | lepleken |
| adessive | lepelnél | lepleknél |
| illative | lepelbe | leplekbe |
| sublative | lepelre | leplekre |
| allative | lepelhez | leplekhez |
| elative | lepelből | leplekből |
| delative | lepelről | leplekről |
| ablative | lepeltől | leplektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
lepelé | lepleké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
lepeléi | leplekéi |
| Possessive forms of lepel | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | leplem | lepleim |
| 2nd person sing. | lepled | lepleid |
| 3rd person sing. | leple | leplei |
| 1st person plural | leplünk | lepleink |
| 2nd person plural | lepletek | lepleitek |
| 3rd person plural | leplük | lepleik |
Derived terms
Expressions
References
- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
- ^ lepel in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
Further reading
- lepel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *lepil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz.
Noun
lēpel m or n
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “lepel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lepel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN