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Lappish

Lappish adjective: of, or pertaining to the Lapps or their language.

Adjective

Lappish (not comparable)

  1. Of, or pertaining to the Lapps or their language.

Proper noun

Lappish

  1. A language family spoken by the Lappish people.

Origin of Lappish

From Lapp + -ish.

Words formed from Lappish

Questions about Lappish

What does Lappish mean?
Lappish means of, or pertaining to the Lapps or their language.
What part of speech is Lappish?
Lappish can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near Lappish in the dictionary

  1. Lappin
  2. lapping
  3. lapping up
  4. lappings
  5. Lappins
  6. Lappish
  7. Lappishness
  8. Lappland
  9. lappmark
  10. lappmarks
  11. Lapponese

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