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Webster 1913 Edition


Lapp

Lapp

(lăp)
,
Noun.
Same as
Laplander
. Cf.
Lapps
.

Definition 2024


Lapp

Lapp

See also: lapp and läpp

English

A Lapp family, circa 1900.

Noun

Lapp (countable and uncountable, plural Lapps)

  1. (countable) An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.
  2. (uncountable) The language of the Lapp peoples.

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Adjective

Lapp (not comparable)

  1. From Lapland or of the Lapp peoples
    Lapp Gold - translation of the Finnish beer brand Lapin Kulta which can also be variously translated as "Gold from Lapland", "Lapland Gold" and hence "Lapp Gold"

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References

  1. http://www.saob.se/artikel/?show=lapp&unik=L_0225-0073.57q2&pz=3

lapp

lapp

See also: Lapp and läpp

Swedish

Noun

lapp c

  1. a patch, a piece of any flexible material, used to cover a hole in something; such as a piece of fabric used over a hole in a piece of clothing
  2. a small piece of paper; a note

Declension

Inflection of lapp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lapp lappen lappar lapparna
Genitive lapps lappens lappars lapparnas

Related terms

  • (patch): lappa, lappning, lapptäcke
  • (piece of paper): lapplisa, papperslapp

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish lapper; compare Icelandic lappir pl; probably of Finnish origin; compare Finnish lappalainen (Lap), after Lappi (Lapland), older Finnish also lapp; original meaning unknown.[1]

Noun

lapp c

  1. a Lapp, a Sami person; a person of the Sami people

Declension

Inflection of lapp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lapp lappen lappar lapparna
Genitive lapps lappens lappars lapparnas

Usage notes

  • The word same (a Sami person) is recently the politically correct ethnic term. However, in everyday life lapp is currently used by both Swedes and Lapps in non-derogatory fashion.

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References

  1. http://www.saob.se/artikel/?show=lapp&unik=L_0225-0073.57q2&pz=3