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Lapėnas

LAPĖ́NAS

Etymology

Mostly, apparently, from lit. fox „lapės vaikas, lapiukas“ (LKŽ VII 147). But it can equally be a derivative of the patronymic suffix -ēnas from Lãpė, Lãpas (see) or the like.

Feminine FORMS

Lapėnienė / Lapėnaitė

Pronunciation

/lɐ¹ˈpʲeːnɐs/

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