րոպէ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• րոպպէ (roppē)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ῥοπή (rhopḗ, “moment”). The figurative sense of “the world, the universe” in Armenian remains unexplained.

Noun

րոպէ • (ropē)

1. second; instant, moment
2. the world, the universe

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	րոպէ (ropē)		րոպէք (ropēkʻ)
genitive	րոպէի (ropēi)		րոպէից (ropēicʻ)
dative	րոպէի (ropēi)		րոպէից (ropēicʻ)
accusative	րոպէ (ropē)		րոպէս (ropēs)
ablative	րոպէէ (ropēē)		րոպէից (ropēicʻ)
instrumental	րոպէիւ (ropēiw)		րոպէիւք (ropēiwkʻ)
locative	րոպէի (ropēi)		րոպէս (ropēs)

Derived terms

• րոպէահամար (ropēahamar)

• րոպ (rop)

Descendants

• Armenian: րոպե (rope)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “րոպէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “րոպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy