ըմբոստ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ըմբոստ (əmbost)

Pronunciation

Adjective

ըմբոստ • (əmbost) (superlative ամենաըմբոստ)

  1. rebellious, defiant
  2. recalcitrant, intractable, unruly
  3. strong, powerful
  4. (figuratively) standing firm

Declension

Noun

ըմբոստ • (əmbost)

  1. rebel
  2. nonconformist, dissident

Declension

Adverb

ըմբոստ • (əmbost)

  1. rebelliously

Derived terms

  • ըմբոստություն (əmbostutʻyun)
  • ըմբոստացում (əmbostacʻum)

Old Armenian

Etymology

NHB identifies with ընդոստ (əndost, leaping out, jumping out), from ընդ (ənd) + ոստնում (ostnum, to leap, jump).

This is rejected by Ačaṙean because of semantics, who derives ըմբոստ (əmbost) from ընդ (ənd) + *բոստ (*bost), the latter unattested component presumably inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰos-ti-, from *bʰos- (to sally forth, barge, hurtle out). For the cognates see *bystrъ.

Adjective

ըմբոստ • (əmbost)

  1. rebellious, defiant, stubborn
    • 13th century, Grigor Skewṙacʻi, Girkʻ Ałotʻicʻ [Book of Prayers] :
      Ըմբոստն եւ յանձնապաստան
      Əmbostn ew yanjnapastan

Derived terms

  • ըմբոստանամ (əmbostanam)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ըմբոստ (əmbost)

References

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ըմբոստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 762c
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ըմբոստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 121b
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Haykakankʻ A [Armeniaca I]”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences] (in Armenian), number 5, page 30 of 25–30
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 629a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ըմբոստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 196a
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