սնգոյր
Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- սնկոյր (snkoyr)
Etymology
[edit]Surely an Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian شنگار (šengâr), Arabized شنجار (šenjâr, “melilot; bugloss”), from the red roots of which men made rouge. Related to Georgian სინგური (singuri).
Noun
[edit]սնգոյր • (sngoyr)
- rouge, blush
- ի սնգոյր շպարեմ ― i sngoyr šparem ― to use paint, to rouge, to paint, to bedaub oneself or one's face
- deadly nightshade
Declension
[edit]i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | սնգոյր (sngoyr) | սնգոյրք (sngoyrkʻ) | |
| genitive | սնգուրի (snguri) | սնգուրաց (snguracʻ) | |
| dative | սնգուրի (snguri) | սնգուրաց (snguracʻ) | |
| accusative | սնգոյր (sngoyr) | սնգոյրս (sngoyrs) | |
| ablative | սնգուրէ (sngurē) | սնգուրաց (snguracʻ) | |
| instrumental | սնգուրաւ (snguraw) | սնգուրաւք = սնգուրօք (sngurawkʻ = sngurōkʻ) | |
| locative | սնգուրի (snguri) | սնգոյրս (sngoyrs) |
o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | սնգոյր (sngoyr) | սնգոյրք (sngoyrkʻ) | |
| genitive | սնգուրոյ (snguroy) | սնգուրոց (sngurocʻ) | |
| dative | սնգուրոյ (snguroy) | սնգուրոց (sngurocʻ) | |
| accusative | սնգոյր (sngoyr) | սնգոյրս (sngoyrs) | |
| ablative | սնգուրոյ (snguroy) | սնգուրոց (sngurocʻ) | |
| instrumental | սնգուրով (sngurov) | սնգուրովք (sngurovkʻ) | |
| locative | սնգոյր (sngoyr) | սնգոյրս (sngoyrs) |
Derived terms
[edit]- սնգուրեմ (sngurem), սնգուրիմ (sngurim)
- սնգոյրատակ (sngoyratak)
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: սնգույր (snguyr)
References
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սնգոյր”, 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 235ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սնգոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սնգոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy