ումպ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ումպ (ump).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ումպ (ump)

  1. swallow, draught, gulp

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from ըմպեմ (əmpem). The vocalism is probably analogical.

Noun[edit]

ումպ (ump)

  1. drink, drinking
    թէպէտեւ յումպ էրtʻēpētew yump ēralthough he was about to drink
  2. (post-Classical) sip, gulp
    ըմպել ումպ առ ումպəmpel ump aṙ umpto sip

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ումպ (ump) (learned)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ումպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ումպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 278
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ումպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy