զամբիւղ
Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian زنبیل (zanbil), Northern Kurdish zembîl, Classical Syriac ܙܒܝܠܐ (zabbīlā, “basket”), all ultimately from Akkadian 𒂟𒁉𒇻 (/zanbilu, zabbilu/, “basket, carrier”).
Noun
[edit]զամբիւղ • (zambiwł)
- basket
- զամբիւղ մի ― zambiwł mi ― a basketful
- զամբիւղ զգեստուց ― zambiwł zgestucʻ ― clothes-basket
- զամբիւղ գործոյ ― zambiwł gorcoy ― work-basket
- զամբիւղ պտղոյ ― zambiwł ptłoy ― basket of fruit
- զամբիւղ հացի ― zambiwł hacʻi ― bread-basket
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | զամբիւղ (zambiwł) | զամբիւղք (zambiwłkʻ) |
| genitive | զամբիւղի (zambiwłi) | ? |
| dative | զամբիւղի (zambiwłi) | ? |
| accusative | զամբիւղ (zambiwł) | զամբիւղս (zambiwłs) |
| ablative | զամբիւղէ (zambiwłē) | ? |
| instrumental | ? | ? |
| locative | զամբիւղի (zambiwłi) | զամբիւղս (zambiwłs) |
the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: զամբյուղ (zambyuġ)
References
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զամբիւղ”, 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 77ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “զամբիւղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 710c
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զամբիղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 175a