lapaj
See also: łapaj
Slovak
Etymology
Uncertain. Probably from lapať (“to grab, to snatch”) + -aj, originally meaning "one who grabs" hence "one who takes what does not belong to him"; compare also older lapajný (“greedy, insatiable”). For the further weakening of the negative meaning compare huncút. For a possible sound-symbolic origin compare also loptoš. Compare the similar formation in Polish łaps. First attested in the 18th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lapaj/, [ˈlapaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -apaj
- Hyphenation: la‧paj
Noun
lapaj m pers (female equivalent lapajka, relational adjective lapajský, diminutive lapajko, augmentative lapajisko)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lapaj | lapaji |
| genitive | lapaja | lapajov |
| dative | lapajovi | lapajom |
| accusative | lapaja | lapajov |
| locative | lapajovi | lapajoch |
| instrumental | lapajom | lapajmi |
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “lapaj”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 318
Further reading
- “lapaj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026