lepel

See also: Lepel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lēpel, from Old Dutch *lepil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈleː.pəl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: le‧pel
  • Rhymes: -eːpəl

Noun
Lepels.

lepel m (plural lepels, diminutive lepeltje n)

  1. spoon

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: lepel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: leple
  • Jersey Dutch: lêpel
  • Negerhollands: leepel, leppu
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: lepel
  • → Lokono: lepele

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain derivation. Either from the Old Hungarian noun lep (“blanket, bedsheet”) or from the verb lep (“to cover”) +‎ -el (verb-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛpɛl]
  • Hyphenation: le‧pel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

lepel (plural leplek)

  1. wrap, sheet, shroud, veil (a thin fabric used to cover something)
  2. (figuratively) cover (that which conceals; a disguise or pretext)
    a sötétség leple alatt ― under cover of the darkness
  3. (literary) a burial shroud
    Synonyms: halotti lepel, szemfedő
  4. (botany) perigone

Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative lepel leplek
accusative leplet lepleket
dative lepelnek lepleknek
instrumental lepellel leplekkel
causal-final lepelért leplekért
translative lepellé leplekké
terminative lepelig leplekig
essive-formal lepelként leplekként
essive-modal lepelül —
inessive lepelben leplekben
superessive leplen lepleken
adessive lepelnél lepleknél
illative lepelbe leplekbe
sublative lepelre leplekre
allative lepelhez leplekhez
elative lepelből leplekből
delative lepelről leplekről
ablative lepeltől leplektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 lepelé lepleké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 lepeléi leplekéi
Possessive forms of lepel
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. leplem lepleim
2nd person sing. lepled lepleid
3rd person sing. leple leplei
1st person plural leplünk lepleink
2nd person plural lepletek lepleitek
3rd person plural leplük lepleik

Derived terms
Expressions

References
  1. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
  2. lepel in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading
  • lepel 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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lepil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz.

Noun

lēpel m or n

  1. spoon

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: lepel
    • Afrikaans: lepel
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: leple
    • Jersey Dutch: lêpel
    • Negerhollands: leepel, leppu
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: lepel
    • → Lokono: lepele
  • Limburgish: laepel

Further reading
  • “lepel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lepel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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