लपेटना (lapetnaa)
verb
A transitive verb meaning 'to wrap, fold, or roll something up' -- used for physical wrapping (a shawl, a roti) and also figuratively for wrapping someone up in trouble or vague talk.
Sense
1
:
to wrap, fold, roll up (a physical object)
verb, transitive
Synonyms: बाँधना (baandhnaa, to tie/bind, broader), मोड़ना (modnaa, to fold/bend)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Picture a Delhi winter evening: someone pulls a shawl tight and says शॉल लपेट लो (shol lapet lo, 'wrap the shawl around yourself'). This is the verb's home turf -- wrapping cloth, rolling a roti around sabzi, coiling a wire. It is a very physical, hands-on verb.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse यह (yah) sense with बाँधना (baandhnaa): लपेटना (lapetnaa) is about coiling or folding something around/into itself (a shawl around the body, a roti rolled up), while बाँधना (baandhnaa) is about tying with a cord or knot -- they overlap but are not interchangeable in most contexts.
Sample Sentences:
सर्दी में शॉल लपेट लो।
Wrap the shawl around yourself, it's cold.
(sardii men shol lapet lo।)
वह रोटी में सब्ज़ी लपेटकर खाता है।
He eats by wrapping the roti around the vegetables.
(vah rotii men sabzii lapetkar khaataa hai।)
मैंने तार को लपेटकर एक गोला बना दिया।
I coiled up the wire and made it into a ball.
(mainne taar ko lapetkar ek golaa banaa diyaa।)
बच्चा कंबल में लपेटा हुआ सो रहा है।
The baby is sleeping wrapped up in a blanket.
(bachchaa kambal men lapetaa huaa so rahaa hai।)
दुकानदार सामान को अख़बार में लपेट रहा था।
The shopkeeper was wrapping the goods in newspaper.
(dukaandaar saamaan ko akhbaar men lapet rahaa thaa।)
अगर तुम इसे प्लास्टिक में लपेट देते तो यह भीगता नहीं।
If you had wrapped it in plastic, it wouldn't have gotten wet.
(agar tum ise plaastik men lapet dete to yah bhiigtaa nahiin।)
क्या तुम यह गिफ्ट अच्छे से लपेट सकते हो?
Can you wrap this gift nicely?
(kyaa tum yah gipht achchhe se lapet sakte ho?)
कारीगर ने धागे को स्पूल पर सावधानी से लपेटा।
The craftsman carefully wound the thread onto the spool.
(kaariigar ne dhaage ko spool par saavdhaanii se lapetaa।)
यह चादर इस तरह लपेटी जाती है कि कोई सिलवट न रहे।
This sheet is folded in such a way that no wrinkle remains.
(yah chaadar is tarah lapetii jaatii hai ki koii silvat n rahe।)
पहले चटाई को लपेटो, फिर कोने में रख दो।
First roll up the mat, then put it in the corner.
(pahle chataaii ko lapeto, phir kone men rakh do।)
मूर्ति को कपड़े में लपेटकर सुरक्षित रखा गया था।
The idol had been wrapped in cloth and kept safely.
(moorti ko kapde men lapetkar surakshit rakhaa gayaa thaa।)
Sense
2
:
to drag someone into trouble, implicate, entangle (figurative)
verb, transitive Often used in the passive/completed form, e.g. लपेट में आना (lapet men aanaa, 'to get caught up in something'), or with लेना (lenaa) as a compound: लपेट लेना (lapet lenaa).
Synonyms: फँसाना (phansaanaa, to trap/ensnare)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will hear this in gossip or news-chat register: पुलिस ने उसे भी लपेट लिया (pulis ne use bhii lapet liyaa, 'the police roped him in too'). The image is of someone getting coiled into a net of trouble along with others -- a vivid metaphor extending the physical wrapping sense.
Common Mistakes: 1) This figurative sense is often missed by learners who only know the 'wrap cloth' meaning; in casual speech किसी को लपेट लेना (kisii ko lapet lenaa) means to pull someone into a mess or scandal, not literally wrap them in anything.
Sample Sentences:
पुलिस ने उसे भी लपेट लिया।
The police roped him in too.
(pulis ne use bhii lapet liyaa।)
मुझे मत लपेटो, मेरा इस मामले से कोई लेना-देना नहीं है।
Don't drag me into this, I have nothing to do with this matter.
(mujhe mat lapeto, meraa is maamle se koii lenaa-denaa nahiin hai।)
अगर तुम उससे झगड़ते तो पुलिस तुम्हें भी लपेट लेती।
If you had fought with him, the police would have roped you in too.
(agar tum usse jhagadte to pulis tumhen bhii lapet letii।)
जब भी कोई घोटाला होता है, मीडिया किसी न किसी नेता को लपेट लेती है।
Whenever a scam happens, the media manages to rope in some politician or other.
(jab bhii koii ghotaalaa hotaa hai, miidiyaa kisii n kisii netaa ko lapet letii hai।)
वह चाहता है कि इस झगड़े में अपने भाई को भी लपेट ले।
He wants to drag his brother into this fight too.
(vah chaahtaa hai ki is jhagde men apne bhaaii ko bhii lapet le।)
जांच अधिकारी ने कंपनी के तीन और अफसरों को इस मामले में लपेट लिया है।
The investigating officer has implicated three more company officials in this case.
(jaanch adhikaarii ne kampnii ke tiin aur aphasron ko is maamle men lapet liyaa hai।)
बेचारा बेवजह इस विवाद में लपेट लिया गया।
The poor guy got needlessly dragged into this controversy.
(bechaaraa bevjah is vivaad men lapet liyaa gayaa।)
देखना, यह लोग किसी मासूम को भी लपेट देंगे बचने के लिए।
Watch, these people will even implicate some innocent person to save themselves.
(dekhnaa, yah log kisii maasoom ko bhii lapet denge bachne ke lie।)
क्या तुम्हें नहीं लगता कि वे जानबूझकर उसे इस साज़िश में लपेट रहे हैं?
Don't you think they are deliberately entangling him in this conspiracy?
(kyaa tumhen nahiin lagtaa ki ve jaanboojhkar use is saazish men lapet rahe hain?)
अगर सबूत मिल गए, तो वह सारे गिरोह को अपने साथ लपेट लेगा।
If the evidence is found, he will drag the whole gang down with him.
(agar saboot mil gae, to vah saare giroh ko apne saath lapet legaa।)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
लपेटना
(lapetnaa)
infinitive oblique:
लपेटने
(lapetne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
लपेटता
(lapettaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
लपेटते
(lapette)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
लपेटती
(lapettii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
लपेटतीं
(lapettiin)
continuous (sg.m):
लपेट रहा
(lapet rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
लपेट रहे
(lapet rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
लपेट रही
(lapet rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
लपेट रहीं
(lapet rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
लपेटा
(lapetaa)
perfective (pl.m):
लपेटे
(lapete)
perfective (sg.f):
लपेटी
(lapetii)
perfective (pl.f):
लपेटीं
(lapetiin)
imperative (informal):
लपेट
(lapet)
imperative (neutral):
लपेटो
(lapeto)
imperative (formal):
लपेटिए
(lapetie)
future (1sg.m):
लपेटूँगा
(lapetoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
लपेटूँगी
(lapetoongii)
future (1pl.m):
लपेटेंगे
(lapetenge)
future (1pl.f):
लपेटेंगी
(lapetengii)
future (2sg.m):
लपेटेगा
(lapetegaa)
future (2sg.f):
लपेटेगी
(lapetegii)
future (2pl.m):
लपेटोगे
(lapetoge)
future (2pl.f):
लपेटोगी
(lapetogii)
future (3sg.m):
लपेटेगा
(lapetegaa)
future (3sg.f):
लपेटेगी
(lapetegii)
future (3pl.m):
लपेटेंगे
(lapetenge)
future (3pl.f):
लपेटेंगी
(lapetengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
लपेटूँ
(lapetoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
लपेटें
(lapeten)
subjunctive (2sg):
लपेटे
(lapete)
subjunctive (2pl):
लपेटो
(lapeto)
subjunctive (3sg):
लपेटे
(lapete)
subjunctive (3pl):
लपेटें
(lapeten)