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ափիոն
ափիոն
Armenian
Noun
ափիոն • (apʿion)
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ափիոն (apʿion) | |||
| dative | ափիոնի (apʿioni) | |||
| ablative | ափիոնից (apʿionicʿ) | |||
| instrumental | ափիոնով (apʿionov) | |||
| locative | ափիոնում (apʿionum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | ափիոնը/ափիոնն (apʿionə/apʿionn) | |||
| dative | ափիոնին (apʿionin) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | ափիոնս (apʿions) | |||
| dative | ափիոնիս (apʿionis) | |||
| ablative | ափիոնիցս (apʿionicʿs) | |||
| instrumental | ափիոնովս (apʿionovs) | |||
| locative | ափիոնումս (apʿionums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | ափիոնդ (apʿiond) | |||
| dative | ափիոնիդ (apʿionid) | |||
| ablative | ափիոնիցդ (apʿionicʿd) | |||
| instrumental | ափիոնովդ (apʿionovd) | |||
| locative | ափիոնումդ (apʿionumd) | |||
Usage notes
In Armenia and ex-USSR communities colloquially Russian опиум (ópium) is often used instead.
Middle Armenian
Alternative forms
- աֆիօն (afiōn)
- աֆիոն (afion)
- աբիոն (abion)
Etymology
From Old Armenian ափիոն (apʿion) (in Galen), from Middle Persian [script needed] (apiyōn), from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). The forms աֆիոն (afion), աֆիոն (afion) are from Arabic أفيون (ʾafyūn) or Persian افیون (afyun).
Noun
ափիոն • (apʿion)
Descendants
- Armenian: ափիոն (apʿion)
See also
- խաշխաշ (xašxaš)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ափիոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ափիոն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “աֆիոն”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press