սպունգ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սպունգ (spung). Doublet of սունկար (sunkar) and սունկ (sunk)

Pronunciation

Noun

սպունգ • (spung)

  1. sponge
    Synonym: (dialectal) սունկար (sunkar)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).

Noun

սպունգ • (spung)

  1. sponge
    սուտ սպունգsut spungbastard sponge, alcyonium
    սպունգ լսնոսկւոյspung lsnoskwoyspongy platina
    սրբել, ջնջել սպնգաւsrbel, ǰnǰel spngawto sponge, to clean or wipe off with a sponge
    ընդ սպնգով ծածկել զերկաթ, զնետənd spngov cackel zerkatʻ, znetto admonish kindly, to warn gently

Declension

Derived terms

  • սպնգագոյն (spngagoyn)
  • սպնգատեսակ (spngatesak)

Descendants

  • Armenian: սպունգ (spung)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սպունգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սպունգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սպունգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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