ձուղբ

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Armenian

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Etymology

Uncertain. The place of attestation is unknown. Found in many dictionaries, the earliest of which is Sarafean in the form ծուղպ (cuġp, икра).[1] Ačaṙyan leaves the origin open.[2]

J̌ahukyan connects the *ձու- (*ju-) part with ձուկն (jukn). He compares *-ղբ (*-ġb) with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Irish reduplicated lelap, lelab, lenab (infant, babe, child), reconstructing Proto-Indo-European *lebʰ- (youngling, nestling, child) for the Armenian and Celtic, deriving ձուղբ (jułb) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰū-lebʰ- (literally fish-youngling).[3] Martirosyan tentatively derives *-ղբ (*-ġb) from աղբ (aġb, excrement, dung), for the semantics comparing ծիրտ (cirt, dung (of birds and flies)) : ծրտեմ (crtem, to spawn).[4]

Noun

ձուղբ (juġb)

  1. (rare) roe, spawn

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References

  1. ^ Sarafean, Kġēopatra (1788) Banali gitutʻean [Key of Knowledge] (overall work in Armenian and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Grigor Khaldariants press, page 64
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ձուղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 160b
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 41–42
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “juɫb”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 440