lijp
Dutch
Etymology
Possibly from the Yiddish surnames לייפּ (leyp), לייב (leyb), if originally used as a slur against Jews.[1] Related to the surnames Leib, Leip, and Löwe, all with the meaning "lion".
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛi̯p
Adjective
lijp (comparative lijper, superlative lijpst)
- (Netherlands, Antwerp slang) foolish, crazy
- (Netherlands) dangerous, risky
Inflection
| Inflection of lijp | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | lijp | |||
| inflected | lijpe | |||
| comparative | lijper | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | lijp | lijper | het lijpst het lijpste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | lijpe | lijpere | lijpste |
| n. sing. | lijp | lijper | lijpste | |
| plural | lijpe | lijpere | lijpste | |
| definite | lijpe | lijpere | lijpste | |
| partitive | lijps | lijpers | — | |
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lijp”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Leib”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 417.
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