Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• աղբիւսք ‎(ałbiwskʿ), աղբիւս ‎(ałbiws), աղբեւս ‎(ałbews) (post-classical)

Noun

աղբեւք • ‎(ałbewkʿ) pl

1. excrement, dung; muck, manure; filth
2. dung-heap
3. place for the reception of all filth

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: աղբյուս ‎(ałbyus)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աղբեւք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աղբեւք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aɫb-ew-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 33