Pāli Dictionary

lapa

laprootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

lap1speak; chat

Antonyms

nillapa

ethics

  • talkative; chatty, loquacious, prattling

  • AN 4.26

    ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū kuhā thaddhā lapā siṅgī unnaḷā asamāhitā, na me te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū māmakā.

lāpa

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

lap1speak; chat

general

  • a sort of quail; a partridge

  • SN 47.6

    bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, sakuṇagghi lāpaṃ sakuṇaṃ sahasā ajjhappattā aggahesi.

lapati

laprootasuffixtisuffix

via inflected form lapa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

lap1speak; chat

general

  • chatters, prattles, babbles; talks, speaks; talks nonsense

  • Snp 4.2

    passāmi loke pariphandamānaṃ, pajaṃ imaṃ taṇhagataṃ bhavesu, hīnā narā maccumukhe lapanti, avītataṇhāse bhav'ābhavesu.

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