lopp
Livonian
Alternative forms
- (Courland) loptõ
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lop'ëttadak.
Verb
lopp
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *loppu.
Noun
lopp
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English loppa.
Noun
lopp
- alternative form of loppe (“spider”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Medieval Latin loppa.
Noun
lopp
- alternative form of loppe (“bough”)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish lop, from Middle Low German lôp, from Old Saxon hlōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, of uncertain origin. Related to the verb löpa, corresponding to German laufen and English leap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔpː/, [lɔpː]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔpː
Noun
lopp n
- a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
- (chiefly in some compounds) a run (act or instance of running)
- a course (of a river or other watercourse, or more generally a path taken (a run) in some compounds)
- a bore (tunnel inside a gun's barrel), the inside of a pipe (from notion of a path taken)
- a course (of time)
- under loppet av ett dygn
- over the course of a day
- inom (loppet av) ett år
- within (the course of) a year
- i det långa loppet
- in the long run
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | lopp | lopps |
| definite | loppet | loppets | |
| plural | indefinite | lopp | lopps |
| definite | loppen | loppens |
Derived terms
See also
Verb
lopp
- (archaic) past indicative of löpa
References
- lopp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lopp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lopp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- lopp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)