փաղփ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian փաղփ (pʻałpʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

փաղփ • (pʻaġpʻ)

  1. (archaic) sheen, lustre

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Back-formation from փաղփաղիմ (pʻałpʻałim, to shine), փաղփաղուն (pʻałpʻałun, shiny) and other words composed by reduplication of *փաղ- (*pʻał-).

Noun

փաղփ • (pʻałpʻ)

  1. sheen, refulgence, lustre

Declension

Derived terms

  • փաղփեալ (pʻałpʻeal)
  • փաղփեցուցանեմ (pʻałpʻecʻucʻanem)
  • փաղփիմ (pʻałpʻim)
  • փաղփինատար (pʻałpʻinatar)
  • փաղփիւնափայլ (pʻałpʻiwnapʻayl)
  • փաղփումն (pʻałpʻumn)
  • փաղփուն (pʻałpʻun)

Descendants

  • Armenian: փաղփ (pʻaġpʻ) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 476b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փաղփ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փաղփ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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