Armenian

Noun

թափ • ‎(tʿapʿ)

1. sweep; power, might; impetuosity; swing

   թափով‎ ― tʿapʿov ― with all one's strength; rapidly

   թափ տալ‎ ― tʿapʿ tal ― to shake

2. Alternative form of թափք ‎(tʿapʿkʿ)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The sense “bottom” seems to be the original one, which has developed new and unexpected meanings. Ačaṙyan leaves the origin of the word open. J̌ahukyan proposes derivation from Proto-Indo-European *təpʰ-, an ablaut grade without s-mobile of *stepʰ-, a possible by-form of *stebʰ-, *stēbʰ-, *step-, *stēp- ‎(“post, pillar, stump; to support; to stomp on”). For this root see Pokorny, without the Armenian. Among the cognates note Sanskrit स्थापयति ‎(sthāpayati, “to put, to place; to establish”), Lithuanian stẽpinti ‎(“to fasten”), Russian стопа́ ‎(stopá).

Noun

թափ • ‎(tʿapʿ)

1. bottom; depth, profound depth, abyss

   ի թափս դժոխոց‎ ― i tʿapʿs džoxocʿ ― in the depths or ****

   թափ անցանել, ընդ թափ անցանել, զթափ անցանել‎ ― tʿapʿ ancʿanel, ənd tʿapʿ ancʿanel, ztʿapʿ ancʿanel ― to penetrate, to pierce, to run through, to bore; to thread, to spit

   թափ անկանել, թափ մտանել‎ ― tʿapʿ ankanel, tʿapʿ mtanel ― to run rapidly, to pass through, or traverse with impetuosity, to enter with violence or impetus

   թափ‎ ― tʿapʿ ― թափ հանել, թափ հասուցանել, ընդ թափ անցուցանել

   թափն ընդ թափն‎ ― tʿapʿn ənd tʿapʿn ― by piercing, with penetration

2. (in the plural) sheath, scabbard
3. sweep; power, might; impetuosity; swing

   զթափ առնուլ‎ ― ztʿapʿ aṙnul ― to prepare for an effort, to gather one's self up

   թափ տալ‎ ― tʿapʿ tal ― to hurl, to launch, to fling, to throw

   թափ կրից‎ ― tʿapʿ kricʿ ― fit, outbreak, burst of passion

4. turning, roaming, circulating

   թափ առնուլ, զթափ առեալ շրջել‎ ― tʿapʿ aṙnul, ztʿapʿ aṙeal šrǰel ― to wander, to roam

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: թափ ‎(tʿapʿ), թափք ‎(tʿapʿkʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “թափ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “թափ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 800–801
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “թափ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 164–166
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 2, page 39
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “թափ”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 262a
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1015 of 1015, 1016