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ումպ

ումպ

Armenian

Noun

ումպ (ump)

  1. swallow, draught, gulp

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From ըմպեմ (əmpem). The vocalism is probably analogical.

Noun

ումպ (ump)

  1. drink, drinking
    թէպէտեւ յումպ էրtʿēpētew yump ēr ― although he was about to drink
  2. (post-classical) sip, gulp
    ըմպել ումպ առ ումպəmpel ump aṙ ump ― to sip

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ումպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ումպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ումպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 278