վէպ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps an ancient borrowing from Ancient Greek ϝέπος (wépos), the older form of ἔπος (épos).

Alternatively, according to Bailey, an Iranian borrowing, going back to Old Iranian *waipa- (“inspired song”), which later acquired the meaning “imaginative enunciation, fable” → “narrative, story”. In this case cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬟𐬭𐬀 (vifra, “an epithet of the navigator Pā^urva”) and Sanskrit विप्र (vipra, “trembling, excited, inspired; poet, singer”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to swing, shake, turn around”).

Noun

վէպ • (vēp)

story, myth, epic, legend, tale

Declension

i-a-type

	singular	plural
nominative	վէպ (vēp)	վէպք (vēpkʻ)
genitive	վիպի (vipi)	վիպաց (vipacʻ)
dative	վիպի (vipi)	վիպաց (vipacʻ)
accusative	վէպ (vēp)	վէպս (vēps)
ablative	վիպէ (vipē)	վիպաց (vipacʻ)
instrumental	վիպաւ (vipaw)	վիպաւք = վիպօք (vipawkʻ = vipōkʻ)
locative	վիպի (vipi)	վէպս (vēps)

Derived terms

բազմավէպ (bazmavēp)
յարմարավէպ (yarmaravēp)
վիպագիր (vipagir)
վիպագործ (vipagorc)
վիպագրեմ (vipagrem)
վիպապատում (vipapatum)
վիպասան (vipasan)
վիպասանաբար (vipasanabar)
վիպասանական (vipasanakan)
վիպասանեմ (vipasanem)
վիպասանութիւն (vipasanutʻiwn)
վիպասեմ (vipasem)
վիպեմ (vipem)

Descendants

Armenian: վեպ (vep)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վէպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 104 of 102–105
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վէպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Benveniste, Émile (1945) “Études iraniennes”, in Transactions of the Philological Society (in French), volume 44, number 1, →DOI, page 74f
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “վէպ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 217
Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վէպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy