ռունգն
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Old Armenian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ռունկն (ṙunkn)
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *srungʰ- and cognate with Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos).
Noun[edit]
ռունգն • (ṙungn)
- nose
- (in the plural) nose; nostrils
- իբրեւ աղօտ իմն շունչ ի յըռնգունս ունէին ― ibrew ałōt imn šunčʿ i yəṙnguns unēin ― they were at the last gasp
- (figuratively) door leaf, door wing
- (figuratively) hinge
Usage notes[edit]
The word was used more often in its plural form ռնգունք (ṙngunkʿ) rather than in singular.
Declension[edit]
n-type
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | ռունգն (ṙungn) | ռնգունք (ṙngunkʿ) | |
genitive | ռնգան (ṙngan) | ռնգանց (ṙngancʿ) | |
dative | ռնգան (ṙngan) | ռնգանց (ṙngancʿ) | |
accusative | ռունգն (ṙungn) | ռնգունս (ṙnguns) | |
ablative | ռնգանէ (ṙnganē) | ռնգանց (ṙngancʿ) | |
instrumental | ռնգամբ (ṙngamb) | ռնգամբք (ṙngambkʿ) | |
locative | ռնգան (ṙngan) | ռնգունս (ṙnguns) | |
An alternative genitive-dative plural ռնգաց (ṙngacʿ) is attested post-classically. The nominative plural is also written as ռընգունք (ṙəngunkʿ), ըռնգունք (əṙngunkʿ), ըռընգունք (əṙəngunkʿ) and ռունգք (ṙungkʿ). |
Synonyms[edit]
- (nose): քիթ (kʿitʿ)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Armenian: ռունգ (ṙung)
References[edit]
- Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “ռունգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ռունգն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press