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Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian زنبیل (zanbil), Northern Kurdish zembîl, Classical Syriac ܙܒܝܠܐ (zabbīlā, “basket”), all ultimately from Akkadian 𒂟𒁉𒇻 (/zanbilu, zabbilu/, “basket, carrier”).
Noun
զամբիւղ • (zambiwł)
- basket
- զամբիւղ մի ― zambiwł mi ― a basketful
- զամբիւղ զգեստուց ― zambiwł zgestucʻ ― clothes-basket
- զամբիւղ գործոյ ― zambiwł gorcoy ― work-basket
- զամբիւղ պտղոյ ― zambiwł ptłoy ― basket of fruit
- զամբիւղ հացի ― zambiwł hacʻi ― bread-basket
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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զամբիւղ (zambiwł)
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զամբիւղք (zambiwłkʻ)
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genitive
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զամբիւղի (zambiwłi)
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dative
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զամբիւղի (zambiwłi)
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accusative
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զամբիւղ (zambiwł)
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զամբիւղս (zambiwłs)
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ablative
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զամբիւղէ (zambiwłē)
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instrumental
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locative
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զամբիւղի (zambiwłi)
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զամբիւղս (zambiwłs)
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the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension
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Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զամբիւղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 77ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “զամբիւղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 710c
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զամբիղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 175a