ամպրոպ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ամպրոպ (amprop)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ամպրոպ (amprop)

  1. thunderstorm

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *m̥bʰrós, through labial assimilation from *n̥bʰrós.[1][2][3] The final (-p) is not satisfactorily explained. Related to ամպ (amp).

Noun[edit]

ամպրոպ (amprop)

  1. thunder
  2. (figuratively) noise, explosion, crash, report

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ամպրոպ (amprop)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ամպրոպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 52

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամպրոպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ամպրոպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy