alp-

    alp-

    English meaning: ‘small, weak”

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “klein, schwach” ?

    Material: O.Ind. álpa-, alpaca “ small, slight, flimsy “ (alpēna, alpüt “ light, fast “); to unite heavily in the definition with Lith. alpstù, alpaũ, al̃pti “ become unconscious “, alpùs “ weak “, Ltv. el̃pe “ taking air, breath “, alpa ̀ “ one time, time, moment in time “. apposition also from Hom. ἀλαπαδνός (from Aeschylos λαπαδνός) “weak”, ἀλαπάζω “ empties, exhausts “, Att. λαπάζω “loots”, λαπάττω “ empties (the body) “ is doubtful because of theirs to two-syllables root words compared with of the light ones O.Ind. and Lith. words; also they suit, as well as to them, added to λαπαρός “ slender, thin, having hollow body “, λαπάρα “ Flank, swell of the body in the hip “, λάπαθος “ cavity, pit “, λάπαθος “ sorrel, rumex “ as “βοτάνη κενωτική” in the meaning colouring (“empty, sunken, shrunken “) nevertheless, considerably ab. quite dubious also Alb. (Jokl SBAk. Wien 168, I 48) laps “ be tired of, sick of, bored with “. maybe Alb. (*λάπαθος) lëpjetë “ sorrel, rumex “, truncated (*λάπαθος), laps “ be exhaused”. Maybe Lat. lapso -are “to slip, stumble”. On account of here Hitt. al-pa-an-da- (alpant-) “ill, weak, small, flimsy”?

    References: WP. I 92, Couvreur Ḫ 106 f., WH. I 786, Hirt IE Gk. II, 158.