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եղունգն

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Armenian

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Noun

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եղունգն (eġungn)

  1. definite nominative singular of եղունգ (eġung)

Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (nail) (*h₃nogʷʰ- or *h₃nogʰ-u-). Armenian presents phonological problems. Martirosyan proposes the following derivation chain: with secondary e-prothesis from Proto-Armenian *lungn, by dissimilation and loss of pretonic u- from *unúngn, through nasal anticipation from *unug-n, with a final nasal frequent in body-part terms (probably from Proto-Indo-European accusative *-m̥). See also մագիլ (magil). The other meanings are semantic loans from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux).

Noun

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եղունգն (ełungn)

  1. nail; claw, talon; hoof
  2. (figuratively) an instrument of a sculptor; scraper
  3. onyx (gem)
  4. a kind of aromatic substance

Declension

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n-type
singular plural
nominative եղունգն (ełungn) եղնգունք (ełngunkʻ)
genitive եղնգան (ełngan) եղնգանց (ełngancʻ)
dative եղնգան (ełngan) եղնգանց (ełngancʻ)
accusative եղունգն (ełungn) եղնգունս (ełnguns)
ablative եղնգանէ (ełnganē) եղնգանց (ełngancʻ)
instrumental եղնգամբ (ełngamb) եղնգամբք (ełngambkʻ)
locative եղնգան (ełngan) եղնգունս (ełnguns)

a form եղենգունք (ełengunkʻ) is attested

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եղունգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “եղունգն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եղունգն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 254