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փաղփ

փաղփ

Armenian

Noun

փաղփ (pʿałpʿ)

  1. (archaic) sheen, lustre

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

Back-formation from words like փաղփաղիմ (pʿałpʿałim, I shine) and փաղփաղուն (pʿałpʿałun, shiny), as their root. Those words, however, are composed by reduplication of փաղ- (pʿał-), an alternative form of փայլ (pʿayl).

Noun

փաղփ (pʿałpʿ)

  1. sheen, refulgence, lustre

Declension

Derived terms

  • փաղփեալ (pʿałpʿeal)
  • փաղփեցուցանեմ (pʿałpʿecʿucʿanem)
  • փաղփիմ (pʿałpʿim)
  • փաղփինատար (pʿałpʿinatar)
  • փաղփիւնափայլ (pʿałpʿiwnapʿayl)
  • փաղփումն (pʿałpʿumn)
  • փաղփուն (pʿałpʿun)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), փաղփ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), փաղփ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935