կերպ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կերպ (kerp).

Pronunciation

Noun

կերպ (kerp)

  1. method, way, mode, manner
    այս կերպ ոչինչ չի ստացվիays kerp očʻinčʻ čʻi stacʻviwe can do nothing this way
  2. shape, form; appearance
  3. (grammar) aspect of the verb

Usage notes

Also functions as an adjective-forming suffix with the meaning -like.

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Iranian; compare Middle Persian klp (kirb, body, form). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krep-. Doublet of որովայն (orovayn).

Noun

կերպ (kerp)

  1. form, figure, shape, cut, fashion, make
    կերպս ի կերպսkerps i kerpsin many shapes or forms; in many ways, diverse
    կերպս ի կերպս լինելkerps i kerps linelto assume a borrowed shape or appearance, to be disguised, dissembled or concealed
    ի կերպս կերպս առնելi kerps kerps aṙnelto transform into various shapes
    ի կերպս ահագինսi kerps ahaginsin the most hideous shapes
  2. face, person; aspect, look, appearance, air, deportment
  3. kind, sort, species

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կերպ (kerp)
  • Old Georgian: კერპი (ḳerṗi)

References

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