liepa

See also: liepā and Liepa

Latvian

Liepa

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *leipāˀ[1], from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (to glue, to paste), whence also lipt (to stick, to adhere). Reflexes of the non-diphthongized stem can be seen in place names like Līpes kalns or Lipaiķi. The name probably came from the soft, pleasant leaves of this tree (or perhaps because of its sticky sap). A different name for the linden tree, from Proto-Indo-European *lento-, can be seen in English linden, German Linden, and is reflected in Latvian lieta (thing) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian líepa, Old Prussian lipe ([liːpe]?), *leipe (from place names like Leypein, Leypiten), Proto-Slavic *lipa (Russian, Ukrainian липа (lípa), Belarusian ліпа (lípa), Bulgarian липа (lipá), Czech lípa, Polish lipa). (There were apparently also Germanic cognates — later replaced by reflexes of *lento- —, as in the city name Leipciga, today's Leipzig.)[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [līɛ̄pa]
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Noun

liepa f

  1. linden tree, lime tree (esp. Tillia cordata)
    kupla liepabushy linden tree
    liepu ziedilinden flowers
    liepu lūkilinden bark
    liepu (ziedu) tējalinden (flower) tea

Declension

References

  1. Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook of Language Comparison and the Reconstruction of Indo-European, Berlin: de Gruyter
  2. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), liepa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *leipāˀ. Compare Proto-Slavic *lipa.

Noun

líepa f (plural líepos) stress pattern 1

  1. July
  2. linden tree, lime tree

Declension

See also

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