FromLatinlupus, from an Osco-Umbrian language, fromProto-Italic*lukʷos, metathesis ofProto-Indo-European*wĺ̥kʷos. CompareRomanianlup.
lup m (pluralluchi;feminine equivalentlupoanji /lupoanje orlupã)
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*lupъ.
This noun needs aninflection-table template.
lup
lup (plurallup-lup)
FromLatinlupus, from an Osco-Umbrian language, fromProto-Italic*lukʷos, metathesis ofProto-Indo-European*wĺ̥kʷos.
lup m (plurallupi,definite singularlupu)
lup m
lup f
Inherited fromLatinlupus, from an Osco-Umbrian language, fromProto-Italic*lukʷos, metathesis ofProto-Indo-European*wĺ̥kʷos.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | lup | lupul | lupi | lupii | |
| genitive-dative | lup | lupului | lupi | lupilor | |
| vocative | lupule | lupilor | |||
Borrowed fromLatinlupus (lupus > lup; cf. French:loup, Italian:lupo, Esperanto:lupo).
lup (nominative plurallups)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lup | lups |
| genitive | lupa | lupas |
| dative | lupe | lupes |
| accusative | lupi | lupis |
| vocative1 | olup! | olups! |
| predicative2 | lupu | lupus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
