ափ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Armenian ափն (apʻn).

Noun

ափ • (apʻ)

  1. coast, bank, shore
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Armenian ափ (apʻ).

Noun

ափ • (apʻ)

  1. palm (of the hand)
    Synonym: (dialectal) լուփ (lupʻ)
Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *s/Hapʰ- or *s/Hap-s- and cognate with Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō), ἁφή (haphḗ).[1][2][3] Perhaps also cognate with Sanskrit अप्सस् (apsas, breast, forehead, front side), Tocharian A āpsā (minor limbs) and Hittite [script needed] (ḫappeššar-, limb, part of the body).[3] See also հափափեմ (hapʻapʻem).

Noun

ափ • (apʻ)

  1. palm of the hand; handful
    ափ յափոյapʻ yapʻoyin haste, on a sudden; impromptu, without preparation
    ափս զափի հարկանելapʻs zapʻi harkanelto clap the hands, to applaud

Declension

Derived terms

  • ափամէջք (apʻamēǰkʻ)
  • ափաչափ (apʻačʻapʻ)
  • ափեմ (apʻem)
  • ափիբերան (apʻiberan)
  • ափիբերանեմ (apʻiberanem)
  • ափիկ (apʻik)
  • ափլափեմ (apʻlapʻem)
  • ափկից (apʻkicʻ)
  • ափչաք (apʻčʻakʻ)
  • ափցի (apʻcʻi)
  • յափսիթերս (yapʻsitʻers)
  • չորեքյափք (čʻorekʻyapʻkʻ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ափ (apʻ)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ափ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 157–158

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ափ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ափ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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