lepja

Icelandic

Etymology

From 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. (of animals drinking) to lap, to lap up [with accusative]

Conjugation

lepja – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að lepja
supine sagnbót		lapið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		lepjandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	lep	lapti		lepji	lepti
	þú	lepur	laptir		lepjir	leptir
	hann, hún, það	lepur	lapti		lepji	lepti
plural	við	lepjum	löptum		lepjum	leptum
	þið	lepjið	löptuð		lepjið	leptuð
	þeir, þær, þau	lepja	löptu		lepji	leptu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	lep (þú), leptu
plural	þið	lepjið (þið), lepjiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lapinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lapinn	lapin	lapið	laptir	laptar	lapin
accusative (þolfall)	lapinn	lapta	lapið	lapta	laptar	lapin
dative (þágufall)	löptum	lapinni	löptu	löptum	löptum	löptum
genitive (eignarfall)	lapins	lapinnar	lapins	lapinna	lapinna	lapinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lapti	lapta	lapta	löptu	löptu	löptu
accusative (þolfall)	lapta	löptu	lapta	löptu	löptu	löptu
dative (þágufall)	lapta	löptu	lapta	löptu	löptu	löptu
genitive (eignarfall)	lapta	löptu	lapta	löptu	löptu	löptu

Derived terms

• lepja dauðann úr skel
• lepja í (“to gossip”)

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. (ambitransitive) 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

• “lepja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “lepja” in The Ordnett Dictionary