ափ

Armenian

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Etymology 1

From Old Armenian ափն (apʻn).

Noun

ափ • (apʻ)

1. coast, bank, shore

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian ափ (apʻ).

Noun

ափ • (apʻ)

1. palm (of the hand)

   Synonym: (dialectal) լուփ (lupʻ)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *s/Hapʰ- or *s/Hap-s- and cognate with Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō), ἁφή (haphḗ). Perhaps also cognate with Sanskrit अप्सस् (apsas, “breast, forehead, front side”), Tocharian A āpsā (“minor limbs”) and Hittite (ḫappeššar-, “limb, part of the body”). See also հափափեմ (hapʻapʻem).

Noun

ափ • (apʻ)

1. palm of the hand; handful

   ափ յափոյ ― apʻ yapʻoy ― in haste, on a sudden; impromptu, without preparation

   ափս զափի հարկանել ― apʻs zapʻi harkanel ― to clap the hands, to applaud

Declension

vow=on

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ափ (apʻ)

References

Further reading

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ափ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ափ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy