ляп

Russian

Etymology

Probably from an onomatopoeic or interjectory root of Proto-Slavic origin.[1][2][3] Proposed cognates include (vulgar) ля́па (ljápa, “spot, stain; mistake”); (dialectal) ля́па (ljápa, “slap in the face”, noun), аляповатый (aljapovatyj, “crudely fashioned”), Ukrainian ля́пати (ljápaty, “splash; soil”, verb), ля́пка (ljápka, “blot, smudge”, noun), Belarusian ля́паць (ljápacʹ, “knock; speak harshly”, verb)[1][2][3] Chernyshev also postulates a relationship to ла́па (lápa, “paw; big foot”), ла́пaть (lápatʹ, “paw, grope”).[1] A possible relationship to the root in ля́псус (ljápsus, “blunder, slip”) remains to be clarified.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lʲap]

Noun

ляп • (ljap) m inan (genitive ля́па, nominative plural ля́пы, genitive plural ля́пов)

  1. (colloquial) error, mistake; blooper, blunder
    Synonym: опло́шность (oplóšnostʹ)

Declension
Declension of ляп (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ля́п
ljáp		 ля́пы
ljápy
genitive ля́па
ljápa		 ля́пов
ljápov
dative ля́пу
ljápu		 ля́пам
ljápam
accusative ля́п
ljáp		 ля́пы
ljápy
instrumental ля́пом
ljápom		 ля́пами
ljápami
prepositional ля́пе
ljápe		 ля́пах
ljápax

Derived terms

References
  1. Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ляпать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 500
  2. Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “ляпать”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  3. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ляп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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