lìpa

lìpa Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `lime-tree'

Page in Trubačev: XV 114-116

Russian:

lípa `lime-tree' [f ā]

Czech:

lípa `lime-tree' [f ā]

Slovak:

lipa `lime-tree' [f ā]

Polish:

lipa `lime-tree' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

lȉpa `lime-tree' [f ā]

Slovene:

lípa `lime-tree' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

lipá `lime-tree' [f ā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: léiʔpaʔ (léʔipaʔ)

Lithuanian:

líepa `lime-tree' [f ā] 1

Latvian:

liẽpa `lime-tree' [f ā]

Comments: The acute root precludes a connection with *leip- `smear'.