λείπω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (to leave behind).[1]

Cognates include Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti), Latin linquō, Old Armenian լքանեմ (lkʻanem), Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (to lend), Old Church Slavonic отлѣкъ (otlěkŭ, remains), Lithuanian ãt-laikas (remains), likti (to stay).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

λείπω (leípō)

  1. to leave, leave behind
  2. to leave alone, release
  3. (passive voice) to be left, remain, survive
  4. (intransitive) to leave, depart, disappear
  5. to desert, fail
  6. to lack, fall short, fail

Inflection

Not listed in these tables is an extremely rare first person dual form: λελείμμεθον (leleímmethon), in Sophocles, Electra 950. Only a small handful of first-person dual forms are attested in the entire Ancient Greek corpus.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λείπω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 844-5

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λείπω.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.po/
  • Hyphenation: λεί‧πω

Verb

λείπω (leípo) (past έλειψα, passive —)

  1. to be absent, to be missing
  2. (transitive) to lack
    Έλειψαν οι πρωτοβουλίες από τους αρμοδίους.
    Éleipsan oi protovoulíes apó tous armodíous.
    The authorities lacked the initiative.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Albanian: lipsem (to lack, to be absent, verb), lipset (to need, verb), lypsoj (to beseech, verb)
    • Albanian: lipsjë m (lack, deficiency, poverty)
  • Aromanian: lipsescu (to lack, to be absent, to deprive, verb), lipseashte (to need, verb)
  • Bulgarian: липсам (lipsam, to lack, to be absent, verb)
    • Bulgarian: липса f (lipsa, absence, lack, deficiency)
  • Romanian: lipsi (to lack, to deprive, verb)
    • Romanian: lipsă f (absence, lack, deficiency)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ли̏псати (to die (of horse or bovine), verb)
    Latin script: lȉpsati (verb)