loupe (pluralloupes)
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FromMiddle French, fromOld Frenchloupe(“sapphire lens, imperfect gem, mass of hot metal”), of uncertain origin, though probably fromFrankish*luppa(“something pendulous”), fromProto-Germanic*lubbǭ(“that which hangs or dangles”),*lub-(“to peel, hang”), fromProto-Indo-European*lep-(“to peel, skin”). Cognate withDutch dialectal (Meuse-Rhenish)luppe(“piece”);Middle Dutch andMiddle Low Germanlobbe(“dangling part”);Saterland Frisianlobbe(“hanging lump of flesh”);Old Englishloppe,lobbe(“spider”);Dutchlob(“hanging lip, ruffle or sleeve”). More atlobe.
From Middle Limburgishloupen, from Old Limburgishloupan, fromProto-West Germanic*hlaupan, fromProto-Germanic*hlaupaną.
loupe (third-person singular presentlöppt,preteriteléïp,past participlegeloupe,auxiliary verbséëne)(Eupen)
| Irregular with past tense (Eupen dialect) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | loupe | |||
| participle | geloupe | |||
| auxiliary | séëne | |||
| present indicative | past indicative | conditional | imperative | |
| 1st singular | loup | léïp | lääp | — |
| 2nd singular | löpps | léïps | lääps | loup |
| 3rd singular | löppt | léïp | lääp | — |
| 1st plural | loupe | léïpe | lääpe | — |
| 2nd plural | loppt | léïpt | lääpt | loppt |
| 3rd plural | loupe | léïpe | lääpe | — |
loupeoblique singular, f (oblique pluralloupes,nominative singularloupe,nominative pluralloupes)
