ոսպն
Old Armenian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]The origin is uncertain.
Probably connected with Ancient Greek ὄσπριον (ósprion, “pulse, legume”).[1][2][3]
Mkrtčʿyan sees a rare alternative form սպ- (sp-) in the hapaxes Old Armenian սպ-օք (sp-ōkʻ, “a kind of cereal or legume”, instrumental plural?)[4][5] and Middle Armenian սպն-ա-խայտ (spn-a-xayt, “(of a horse) speckled with lentil-shaped dots?”)[6] and connects (ո)սպ(ն) ((o)sp(n)) with Akkadian 𒋛𒂊𒁍 (se-e-pu /sēpu/, “a kind of cereal used to make bread”), both supposedly borrowed from an unknown substrate language.[7][8]
Noun
[edit]ոսպն • (ospn)
Declension
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Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ոսպնեայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 522a
- ^ Pictet, Adolphe (1859) Les origines indo-européennes, ou Les Aryas primitifs: essai de paléontologie linguistique, volume I, Paris: J. Cherbuliez, page 291
- ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 141
- ^ Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “սպօք”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 2827, page 580
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սպօք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 267b
- ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “սպնախայտ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 716b
- ^ Mkrtčʻyan, Nerses (2004) “Banasirakan čšgrtumner ew lracʻumner [Philological Corrections and Additions]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal][1] (in Armenian), number 3, pages 182–183
- ^ Mkrtčjan, N. A. (2005) Семитские языки и армянский [Semitic Languages and Armenian][2] (in Russian), Yerevan: Drazark, →ISBN, page 283
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ոսպն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 568ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ոսպն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոսպն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy