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լափեմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *lh₂P- (to lick). A close cognate in Ancient Greek λαφύσσω (laphússō, swallow, gulp down).

Verb

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լափեմ (lapʻem)

  1. (transitive) to lap up, to lick up
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to eat up greedily, to devour, to consume

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: լափել (lapʻel)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լափեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լափեմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լափ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 269—270
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 324