rellepar

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ llepar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.ʎəˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.ʎeˈpaɾ]

Verb

rellepar (first-person singular present rellepo, first-person singular preterite rellepí, past participle rellepat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to lick again
2. (transitive) to lick repeatedly
   • 1989, Josep Coll, La mula vella:

     La mare s'ha incorporat finalment i continua rellepant el seu fill. El pollí, que encara no té nom, tremola com un flam: és la criatura més desvalguda de la terra.

     The mother has finally stood up and continues licking her son. The foal, which still does not have a name, trembles like a flan; it is the most helpless infant on earth.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rellepar (first conjugation)

infinitive			rellepar
gerund			rellepant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rellepat		rellepada
		plural		rellepats		rellepades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rellepo	rellepes	rellepa	rellepem	rellepeu	rellepen
	imperfect	rellepava	rellepaves	rellepava	rellepàvem	rellepàveu	rellepaven
	future	relleparé	relleparàs	relleparà	relleparem	rellepareu	relleparan
	preterite	rellepí	rellepares	rellepà	rellepàrem	rellepàreu	relleparen
	conditional	relleparia	relleparies	relleparia	relleparíem	relleparíeu	relleparien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rellepi	rellepis	rellepi	rellepem	rellepeu	rellepin
	imperfect	rellepés	rellepessis	rellepés	rellepéssim	rellepéssiu	rellepessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	rellepa	rellepi	rellepem	rellepeu	rellepin
	negative (no)	—	no rellepis	no rellepi	no rellepem	no rellepeu	no rellepin

Further reading

• “rellepar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024