գուբ

From Old Armenian գուբ (gub).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡub/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kup/,

գուբ • (gub)

1. deep hole, pit
2. a deep cemented pit in a winepress into which the juice of pressed vine is poured
3. puddle
4. trough-shaped vessel for storing water
5. grave pit
6. (figuratively) difficult situation

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գուբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “գուբ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

From Classical Syriac ܓܘܒ (gubb), ܓܘܒܐ (gubbā, “pit, hole, well, prison”).

գուբ • (gub)

1. pit, hole, ditch, hollow
2. well, cistern
3. abyss
4. subterranean place
5. cell of a honeycomb
6. pipe, tube, conduit

• Armenian: գուբ (gub)
• → Cappadocian Greek: γούπα (goúpa), κούπα (koúpa)
• → Georgian: გუბი (gubi), გუბე (gube), გუბ (gub)
  • → Bats: გუბ (gub)
• → Laz: გუბი (gubi)

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