лепет

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic root Proto-Slavic *lep- + -ет (-et). Parallel to Old Church Slavonic лопотивъ (lopotivŭ, “stuttering”) (with o-grade).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛpɛt]

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Noun

ле́пет • (lépet) m (dialectal)

1. babbling, chatter (unintelligible speech)

Declension

Declension of ле́пет

	singular
indefinite	ле́пет lépet
definite (subject form)	ле́петът lépetǎt
definite (object form)	ле́пета lépeta

Derived terms

• лепе́тя (lepétja, “to babble”), лепе́тене (lepétene, “babbling”)

Related terms

• ло́пам (lópam, “to bang, to clatter”) (dialectal)
• лаф (laf, “chit-chat”) (Turkish borrowing of Persian origin, cognate with the Slavic lemma)

References

• “лепет”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лепе́тенѥ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 10
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лепет”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 364

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲepʲɪt]

Noun

ле́пет • (lépet) m inan (genitive ле́пета, nominative plural ле́петы, genitive plural ле́петов)

1. babble, prattle (inarticulate or senseless talk)

Declension

Declension of ле́пет (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ле́пет lépet	ле́петы lépety
genitive	ле́пета lépeta	ле́петов lépetov
dative	ле́пету lépetu	ле́петам lépetam
accusative	ле́пет lépet	ле́петы lépety
instrumental	ле́петом lépetom	ле́петами lépetami
prepositional	ле́пете lépete	ле́петах lépetax

Related terms

• лепета́ть (lepetátʹ)