Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lepja; compare English lap.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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lepja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lapti, supine lapið)

  1. (of animals drinking) to lap, to lap up [with accusative]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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lepja

  1. past tense of lepje
  2. supine of lepje

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lepja, from Proto-Germanic *lapjaną.

Verb

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lepja (present tense lepjar, past tense lepja, past participle lepja, passive infinitive lepjast, present participle lepjande, imperative lepja/lepj)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to lap, lap up

Inflection

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  • Until 1938, this verb was inflected like a telja class verb. Forms such as lapte were then made non-standard.

References

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