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արփի

արփի

See also: Արփի

Armenian

Noun

արփի (arpʿi)

  1. (poetic) sun
  2. (dated) aether (according to ancient science the region above the terrestrial sphere where the Sun turns)
  3. light, brightness, splendour
  4. (figuratively) dawn
  5. (figuratively, as an adjective) luminous

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), արփի”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • արփ (arpʿ)
  • արփին (arpʿin)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

արփի (arpʿi)

  1. aether (according to ancient science the region above the terrestrial sphere where the Sun turns)
  2. the Sun, as the source of light
  3. light, brightness, splendour
  4. (as an adjective) luminous

Declension

Usage notes

  • The word has the following forms: արփա- (arpʿa-), արփայա- (arpʿaya-), արփե- (arpʿe-), արփիա- (arpʿia-), -արփի (-arpʿi), արփն- (arpʿn-), -արփին (-arpʿin).
  • The word is unattested in the Classical period.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), արփի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), արփի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), արփ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935