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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lapa

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lāˀpāˀ. Cognate with Latvian lāpа, Lithuanian lopa, Proto-Germanic *lōfô. Related to *lopъ.

Noun

*lapa f

  1. paw

Inflection
Declension of *lapa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lapa *lapě *lapy
genitive *lapy *lapu *lapъ
dative *lapě *lapama *lapamъ
accusative *lapǫ *lapě *lapy
instrumental *lapojǫ, *lapǫ** *lapama *lapami
locative *lapě *lapu *lapasъ, *lapaxъ*
vocative *lapo *lapě *lapy
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: ла́па (lápa)
    • Russian: ла́па (lápa)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: лапа (lapa)
      Glagolitic script: ⰾⰰⱂⰰ (lapa)
    • Bulgarian: ла́па (lápa)
    • Macedonian: лапа (lapa)
    • Slovene: lápa (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ла́па”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ла́па”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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