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ողբ

ողբ

Armenian

Noun

ողբ (ołb)

  1. lamentation, wail, bewailing

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References

  • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 24
  • Barsełyan, Hovhannes (1973), ողբ”, in Hayeren ułłagrakan-ułłaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys, page 740a

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *olbʰ-, grown from the onomatopoeic root *ol-, *el-, whence possibly also աղաչեմ (ałačʿem), աղաւթք (aławtʿkʿ), աղատեմ (ałatem), աղատ (ałat), աղմուկ (ałmuk). Cognate with Lithuanian ulbauti (to warble) and Ancient Greek ὀλοφύρομαι (olophúromai, to lament). Further cognate with Lithuanian nu-aldė́ti (to sound), Old Norse jálmr (noise), Saterland Frisian ulken (to cry, to mock), Swedish alken (to begin to growl), Ancient Greek ὀλολύζω (ololúzō, to cry out loudly, call, moan), ἔλεγος (élegos).

Noun

ողբ (ołb)

  1. lamentation, complaint, groaning, wailing, moans, tears
    ողբքołbkʿ ― elegy
    ողբս առնուլ, յօրինել, զողբս հարկանելołbs aṙnul, yōrinel, zołbs harkanel ― to lament

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ողբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ողբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ողբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959), “⁴el-, ol-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 306