lap

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /læp/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

From Middle English lappe, from Old English læppa (“skirt or flap of a garment”), from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).^[1][2] Cognate with Dutch lap (“cloth; rag”), German Lappen (“cloth; lobe; flap”), Icelandic leppur (“rag; patch”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English lappen (“to fold, wrap”) from earlier wlappen (“to fold, wrap”), from Old English *wlappan, *wlæppan, *wlappian (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlapp-, *wrapp- (“to wrap, fold, roll up, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”).

Cognate with Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), dialectal Danish vravle (“to wind”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap, fold up”) (from Germanic). Doublet of wrap. Also related to envelop, develop.

The sense of "to get a lap ahead (of someone) on a track" is from 1847, on notion of "overlapping." The noun meaning "a turn around a track" (1861) is from this sense.

Etymology 3

From Middle English lappen, from Old English lapian, from Proto-Germanic *lapōną, *lapjaną (“to lick; lap”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *leh₂b- (“to lap, lick”); akin to Old High German laffen (“to lick”), Old Norse lepja, Danish labe, Old Saxon lepil, German Löffel (“spoon”). Cognate with Latin lambere (“lick”). French lamper is a loanword from German. Compare Danish leffe, dialect German läffeln.

Etymology 4

See also

• lap cheong

Anagrams

• ALP, APL, LPA, PAL, PLA, Pal, Pla, alp, pal

Etymology

From Dutch lap, from Middle Dutch lap, from Old Dutch lap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lap/

Noun

lap (plural lappe, diminutive lappie)

1. A patch, a rag, a piece of cloth.
2. A plot, a tract (of ground).

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lapa. An onomatopoeic cognate to Greek λάπτω (lápto, “to lick”), Lithuanian lapth (“to swallow greedily”), Proto-Slavic *lopati (“to eat greedily”), and the like.^[1] Compare Italian allappare, Sicilian allippari.

Verb

lap (aorist lapa)

1. to slurp, lap up

References

Etymology

From Middle Mongol ᠯᠠᠪ (lab).^[1][2] Compare Mongolian лав (lav, “clearly, actually, surely, evidently”).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

lap

1. even (emphasizing a comparative or superlative)

   Lap yaxşı! ― Even better!^{[nt. 1]}

2. very
3. downright, right, immediately, directly used to emphasize the following phrase

   dənizin lap kənarında ― right at the seashore

Determiner

lap

1. very (the same; identical) (especially when used with həmin)

   lap həmin dəqiqə ― the very minute

   lap vaxtında ― at the right time

References

Further reading

• “lap” in Obastan.com.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑp/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: lap
• Rhymes: -ɑp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lap, lappe, from Old Dutch lap, from Proto-Germanic *lappa-, *lappô (“rag, cloth”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).^[1][2] Cognate with German Lappen.

Etymology 2

Probably from Etymology 1 above, which dialectally meant "blow, strike", from which a semantic shift may have taken place to "stupidity". Or, possibly related leppen (“to lap up, drink sloppily or audibly”); the semantic shift would then be from "childlike" (as one who drinks sloppily) to "foolish".

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Anagrams

• pal

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *lappɜ (“flat surface”), either directly or as a back-formation from lapos.^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒp]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: lap
• Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

lap (plural lapok)

1. sheet (thin, flat piece of any solid material)
   • 2004, “Spárgatorta”, in Petőfi Népe‎, volume 59, number 117:

     A leveles tésztát kinyújtjuk, a lapokat egymásra fektetjük, és még egyszer kinyújtjuk.

     Roll out the puff pastry dough, lay the sheets on top of each other, and roll out once more.

2. sheet (piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, printing or other uses)

   Synonyms: ív, papírlap

   • 1982, István Pintér, “A Veréb is akció”, in Somogyi Néplap‎, volume 38, number 285:

     Kitépett egy lapot a noteszából, néhány sort írt rá.

     He tore a sheet from his notebook and wrote a couple of lines on it.

3. (proscribed, archaic) page (one side of a written or printed paper sheet)

   Synonym: oldal

   • 1868, Balázs Orbán, “Sugópatak zuhatagjai”, in A Székelyföld leírása:

     Mellékelt képünk ezen zuhatagot tünteti elő. (Lásd a 74. lapon.)

     The accompanying illustration shows this waterfall. (See page 74.)

4. newspaper, magazine, periodical (publication issued regularly)

   Hyponyms: hírlap, újság, folyóirat, magazin

   • 1930, “Újdonságok”, in Pápai Hírlap‎, volume 27, number 45:

     Ezenkívül háziipari, iparművészeti, háztartási cikkeket olvasunk ebben az egyedülálló magyar női lapban.

     We can also read articles on homecrafts, applied arts and housekeeping in this unique Hungarian women's magazine.

5. greeting card, postcard (decorated card made of thick paper that is sent or given to someone)

   Hyponyms: üdvözlőlap, képeslap, levelezőlap

   • 1994, Tivadar Petercsák, chapter I, in A képes levelezőlap története‎:

     A lapok címzési oldalának jobb felső sarkába nyomtatták a sárga színű bélyeget.

     The yellow stamp was printed in the top right corner of the address side of the cards.

6. playing card (one piece out of a pack of cards used to play games)

   Synonym: kártyalap

   • 1992, György Somlyó, “Azután”, in Holmi‎, volume 4, number 4:

     A pakliban egyetlen cinkelt lap sem található.

     There isn't a single marked card in the deck.

7. (computing) page (one of many documents opened in a tabbed interface)
   • 2011, Botond Kopacz, “1.4 Biztonsági funkciók”, in Internet Explorer 9 a zsebben‎:

     De mi a helyzet abban az esetben, ha egyszerre több megnyitott lappal dolgozunk, és az egyik lap lefagy?

     But what if we are working with several pages open at once, and one of them crashes?

8. (geometry) face (any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron)

   Synonym: (a less technical term in this sense) oldal

   • 1983, Euclid, “Tizenkettedik könyv”, in Gyula Mayer, transl., Elemek‎:

     Vegyünk egy hasábot, melynek alapja az ABC háromszög s szemközti lapja DEF.

     Consider a prism whose base is triangle ABC, and the opposite face is DEF.

9. (in the possessive) top (the flat, horizontal surface of a table or desk)

   Synonym: asztallap

   • 1915, Kurt Matull, chapter XV, in A ​przemysli repülő‎:

     Leült az íróasztala elé, keresztbe tette lábait és idegesen dobolt az asztal lapján.

     He sat down before his desk, crossed his legs and started nervously tapping on the desktop.

10. (in the possessive) flat (flat side of something, as opposed to the edge)
    • 2013, “Csábító fogások vasban gazdag májjal”, in Heves Megyei Hírlap‎, volume 24, number 45:

      A fokhagymát megtisztítjuk, és a kés lapjával szétnyomjuk.

      Peel the garlic, and crush it with the flat of the knife.

References

Further reading

• lap in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlap/ [ˈlap]
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: lap

Etymology 1

From Dutch lap, from Middle Dutch lap, lappe, from Old Dutch lap, from Proto-Germanic *lappa-, *lappô (“rag, cloth”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).

Etymology 2

From English lap, from Middle English lappen (“to fold, wrap”) from earlier wlappen (“to fold, wrap”), from Old English *wlappan, *wlæppan, *wlappian (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlapp-, *wrapp- (“to wrap, fold, roll up, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”).

Etymology

From Middle High German loup, from Old High German loup, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laubą (“leaf”). Cognate with German Laub, English leaf.

Noun

lap n

1. leaf

References

• “lap” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lap/

Adverb

lap (Perso-Arabic spelling لپ)

1. quickly
2. soon

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “lap”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Verb

lap

1. simple past tense of leap

Etymology

From English laugh.

Noun

lap

1. laughter

Verb

lap

1. to laugh