lapsi

lapsi pl (plural only)

1. (Christianity, historical) Apostates who renounced their faith under persecution by the Ancient Roman authorities.

lapsi

1. partitive plural of laps

From Proto-Finnic *lapci, probably from Proto-Uralic *lëpće (“cradle”). Cognate to Erzya лавсь (lavsʹ, “cradle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpsi/, [ˈlɑps̠i]

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• Rhymes: -ɑpsi
• Syllabification^(key): lap‧si

lapsi

1. child (person who is below the age of adulthood)

   Synonym: see Thesaurus:lapsi

2. child (daughter or son)

   Synonyms: jälkikasvu, jälkeläinen, oma

   Nuorin lapseni on neljänkymmenenkolmen.

   My youngest child is forty-three.

3. (by extension) child, member of a religious community

   Jumalan lapsi ― child of God

• "lapsi" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).

• lipas, palsi

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpsi/, [ˈɫɑps̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpsi/, [ˈɫɑpʃi]
• Rhymes: -ɑpsi
• Hyphenation: lap‧si

lapsi

1. Alternative form of laps

• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 72

lāpsī

1. inflection of lāpsus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

• lapsi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognates include Finnish lapsi and Estonian laps.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpsʲi/
• Hyphenation: lap‧si

lapsi (genitive lapsen, partitive lastu)

1. child

• N. Gilojeva; S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 12
• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 139