lepja

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse lepja; compare English lap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛːpja/
    Rhymes: -ɛːpja

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative, of animals drinking) to lap, to lap up

Conjugation

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lepja

  1. past tense of lepje
  2. supine of lepje

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  • 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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