sijpelen

Dutch

Etymology

A frequentative with suffix -elen of early modern sijpen (to drip), from Proto-West Germanic *sīpan, from Middle Dutch sīpen, from Proto-Germanic *sīpaną (compare English seep), from Proto-Indo-European *seib, *sib- (to pour out, drip, trickle) (compare Latin sēbum (suet, tallow), Ancient Greek εἴβω (eíbō, to drop, drip)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛi̯.pə.lə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: sij‧pe‧len

Verb

sijpelen

  1. to trickle, to seep

Inflection

Inflection of sijpelen (weak)
infinitive sijpelen
past singular sijpelde
past participle gesijpeld
infinitive sijpelen
gerund sijpelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular sijpelsijpelde
2nd person sing. (jij) sijpeltsijpelde
2nd person sing. (u) sijpeltsijpelde
2nd person sing. (gij) sijpeltsijpelde
3rd person singular sijpeltsijpelde
plural sijpelensijpelden
subjunctive sing.1 sijpelesijpelde
subjunctive plur.1 sijpelensijpelden
imperative sing. sijpel
imperative plur.1 sijpelt
participles sijpelendgesijpeld
1) Archaic.

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: sypel
  • Papiamentu: sipel, ziepel, zipel

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.