ճպուռն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ճիպուռն (čipuṙn), ճպիռն (čpiṙn), ճպուռ (čpuṙ), ճիպիռն (čipiṙn)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

ճպուռն • (čpuṙn)

1. dragonfly (insect)

   ճպուռն ճռճռայ, ճռնչէ ― čpuṙn čṙčṙay, čṙnčʻē ― the cicada chirrups

Declension

n-type

	singular	plural
nominative	ճպուռն (čpuṙn)	ճպռունք (čpṙunkʻ)
genitive	ճպռան (čpṙan)	ճպռանց (čpṙancʻ)
dative	ճպռան (čpṙan)	ճպռանց (čpṙancʻ)
accusative	ճպուռն (čpuṙn)	ճպռունս (čpṙuns)
ablative	ճպռանէ (čpṙanē)	ճպռանց (čpṙancʻ)
instrumental	ճպռամբ (čpṙamb)	ճպռամբք (čpṙambkʻ)
locative	ճպռան (čpṙan)	ճպռունս (čpṙuns)

Descendants

• Armenian: ճպուռ (čpuṙ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճպուռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճպուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press