ողբ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ողբ (ołb).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ողբ (oġb)

  1. lamentation, wail, bewailing
    Synonyms: շիվան (šivan), լացուկոծ (lacʻukoc), կոծ (koc)

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References[edit]

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

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *olbʰ-, grown from the onomatopoeic root *ol-, *el-, whence possibly also աղաչեմ (ałačʻem), աղաւթք (aławtʻkʻ), աղատել (aġatel), աղատ (aġat), 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[edit]

ողբ (ołb)

  1. lamentation, complaint, groaning, wailing, moans, tears
    ողբքołbkʻelegy
    ողբս առնուլ, յօրինել, զողբս հարկանելołbs aṙnul, yōrinel, zołbs harkanelto lament

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ողբ (oġb)

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