lepal
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale (of a fish); flake”); compare French lépale.
Noun
lepal (plural lepals)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lepal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Volapük
Declension
declension of lepal
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lepal | lepals |
| genitive | lepala | lepalas |
| dative | lepale | lepales |
| accusative | lepali | lepalis |
| vocative 1 | o lepal! | o lepals! |
| predicative 2 | lepalu | lepalus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Hyponyms
- fatafat (“paternal grandfather”)
- fatamot (“paternal grandmother”)
- lefat (“grandfather”)
- lefatül (“grandpa”) (endearment)
- lemot (“grandmother”)
- lemotül (“grandma”) (endearment)
- motafat (“maternal grandfather”)
- motamot (“maternal grandmother”)
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