ляп

Russian

Etymology

Probably from an onomatopoeic or interjectory root of Proto-Slavic origin.^[1][2][3] Proposed cognates include (vulgar) ля́па (ljápa, “spot, stain; mistake”); (dialectal) ля́па (ljápa, “slap in the face”, noun), аляповатый (aljapovatyj, “crudely fashioned”), Ukrainian ля́пати (ljápaty, “splash; soil”, verb), ля́пка (ljápka, “blot, smudge”, noun), Belarusian ля́паць (ljápacʹ, “knock; speak harshly”, verb)^[1][2][3] Chernyshev also postulates a relationship to ла́па (lápa, “paw; big foot”), ла́пaть (lápatʹ, “paw, grope”).^[1] A possible relationship to the root in ля́псус (ljápsus, “blunder, slip”) remains to be clarified.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲap]

Noun

ляп • (ljap) m inan (genitive ля́па, nominative plural ля́пы, genitive plural ля́пов)

1. (colloquial) error, mistake; blooper, blunder

   Synonym: опло́шность (oplóšnostʹ)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	ля́п ljáp	ля́пы ljápy
genitive	ля́па ljápa	ля́пов ljápov
dative	ля́пу ljápu	ля́пам ljápam
accusative	ля́п ljáp	ля́пы ljápy
instrumental	ля́пом ljápom	ля́пами ljápami
prepositional	ля́пе ljápe	ля́пах ljápax

Declension of ляп (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

Derived terms

• тя́п-ля́п (tjáp-ljáp)

Related terms

• ля́пать (ljápatʹ)
• ля́пнуть (ljápnutʹ)

References

1. Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ляпать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 500
2. Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “ляпать”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
3. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ляп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress