կլափն

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably a sound-symbolic formation based on կլանեմ (klanem) and լափեմ (lapʻem).

Noun

կլափն • (klapʻn)

1. jaw

   Synonym: ծնօտ (cnōt)

Declension

n-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	կլափն (klapʻn)
genitive	կլափին (klapʻin)
dative	կլափին (klapʻin)
accusative	կլափն (klapʻn)
ablative	*կլափնէ (*klapʻnē)
instrumental	կլափամբ (klapʻamb)
locative	կլափին (klapʻin)

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: կլափ (klapʻ)
  • Armenian: կլափ (klapʻ)

Further reading

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կլափն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “կլափն”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎^[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 366
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կլափն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կլափն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy