սունկն
Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Connected with Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos), σφόγγος (sphóngos) and Latin fungus, and together with them probably borrowed from a Mediterranean–Pontic substrate source.[1][2] Possibly also related to Georgian სოკო (soḳo), Tsez зикӏу (zik’u), Bezhta сакӏо (sakʼo), Moksha панга (panga) and Erzya панго (pango, “mushroom”).
Noun
[edit]սունկն • (sunkn)
Declension
[edit]n-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | սունկն (sunkn) | սնկունք (snkunkʻ) | |
| genitive | սնկան (snkan) | սնկանց (snkancʻ) | |
| dative | սնկան (snkan) | սնկանց (snkancʻ) | |
| accusative | սունկն (sunkn) | սնկունս (snkuns) | |
| ablative | սնկանէ (snkanē) | սնկանց (snkancʻ) | |
| instrumental | սնկամբ (snkamb) | սնկամբք (snkambkʻ) | |
| locative | սնկան (snkan) | սնկունս (snkuns) |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սունկն”, 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, pages 251–252
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 586–587
Further reading
[edit]- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “սունկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 732a
- Greppin, John A. C. (2010) “Urartian Sibilants in Armenian”, in Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences[1], volume 4, number 1, page 180b of 179–182
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “սունկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 711b
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “սունկն”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 711b
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սունկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 648b
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[2], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 83