կուղբ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կուղբ (kułb), Middle Armenian կուղբ (kuġb).

Pronunciation

Noun

կուղբ (kuġb)

  1. beaver

Declension

Synonyms


Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կուղբ (kułb).

Noun

կուղբ (kuġb) (genitive singular կղբու)

  1. beaver
    • 1184, Mxitʻar Heracʻi, J̌ermancʻ mxitʻarutʻiwn [Relief of Fevers] :
      [] աֆթիմոն երեք դրամ. կղբու ձու մի դրամ []
      [] aftʻimon erekʻ dram. kġbu ju mi dram []
    • 12–13th century, Mxitʻar Goš, Aṙakkʻ [Fables] :
      Մեղադիր եղեն ոմանք կղբու, եթէ զիա՞րդ ի ջուր յաճախ դեգերիս []
      Meġadir eġen omankʻ kġbu, etʻē zia?rd i ǰur yačax degeris []
    • 12–13th century, Vardan Aygekcʻi, Žołovacʻoykʻ aṙakacʻ Vardanay [Collections of Fables of Vardan] 225

Descendants

  • Armenian: կուղբ (kuġb)

References


Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Ačaṙean, borrowed from Classical Syriac ܟܠܒܐ (kalbā, dog), more precisely from its dialectal form with an -u- vowel. For the semantics compare Armenian ջրշուն (ǰršun, beaver, literally water-dog), Middle Persian [script needed] (sag ī ābīg, beaver, literally water-dog) (whence Persian سگ آبی (sag-e âbi)), Old Irish doburchú (otter, literally water-dog).

Noun

կուղբ (kułb)

  1. beaver

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կուղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 657ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կուղբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1122b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կուղբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 358b
  • Gabamačean, Simon (1910) “կուղբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hayerēn Lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Constantinople: R. Sakayan press, page 743b
  • Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen[1], Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 54