կլափ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian կլափ (klapʻ), from Old Armenian կլափն (klapʻn).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

կլափ (klapʻ) (dialectal)

  1. jaw, jaws, mouth
    Synonyms: երախ (erax), ծնոտ (cnot), բերան (beran)

Declension[edit]

Middle Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian կլափն (klapʻn).

Noun[edit]

կլափ (klapʻ)

  1. jaw
    • 1578 – 1632, Movsēs Tatʿewacʿi, Ołb i mahn Srapion Katʿołikosi [Lamentation of the death of Catholicos Srapion] :[1][2]
      Շրթունքդ լար, կլափդ փայլուն, զիա՞րդ ի հող մածար
      Šrtʻunkʻd lar, klapʻd pʻaylun, zia?rd i hoġ macar
      • Translation by S. Peter Cowe
        Your lips a thread, your jawline lustrous, how did you unite with the dust?

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: կլափ (klapʻ)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cowe, S. Peter (2019) “The object of Ałtʿamarʿci’s affections”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, pages 73–74
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Further reading[edit]

  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “կլափ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[2], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 366