umbelap

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English umbelappen, umbelappe (“to clothe or wrap; to enclose, envelop; to beset or encircle (an enemy); to besiege; to interlace, overlap”) [and other forms], either from: umb-, umbe- (prefix meaning ‘around, encircling, surrounding; covering, enveloping, wrapping’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“about, around, on either side of”)) + lappen (“to wrap; to place so as to enclose or enfold; to encase; to envelop; to clothe; to put on armour; to ensnare, snare”); or um- (prefix meaning ‘around, encircling, surrounding; covering, enveloping, wrapping’) + bilappen (“to envelop; to clothe; to surround; to blend, mix”) (from bi- (completive, intensifying, or figurative prefix) + lappen (see above)). Lappen is derived from lap, lappe (“loose part of a garment; folded or extended skirt, or loose sleeve, used to hold things; small piece of cloth or mail detached from a garment or coat of mail; a part, portion, share; a person’s lap; (also figuratively) a person’s bosom or breast; (anatomy) a loose part of the body (such as an earlobe or a lobe of the liver); female genitalia; cavity or sinus in the body; (in place names) piece of land at the edge of an estate or parish”) (from Old English læppa (“skirt; (anatomy) lobe”), from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely (?)”)) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). The English word is analysable as umbe- +‎ lap (“to enfold, envelop; to enwrap, wrap around”) or um- +‎ belap (“to lap or wrap around, envelop, surround”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌʌmbɪˈlæp/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌmbəˈlæp/ Rhymes: -æp Hyphenation: um‧be‧lap === Verb === umbelap (third-person singular simple present umbelaps, present participle umbelapping, simple past and past participle umbelapped) (transitive, obsolete, chiefly in modern translations) To enshroud, to envelop; to surround. Synonyms: (obsolete) belap, encompass, enwrap, lap ==== Alternative forms ==== umbelappe (obsolete) ==== Related terms ==== belap lap ==== Translations ==== === References ===