շեղբ

• շեղփ (šeġpʻ), շեխբ (šexb), շղոփ (šġopʻ), շղուփ (šġupʻ), շուղուփ (šuġupʻ) — dialectal

From Middle Armenian շեղբ (šeġb).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʃeʁb/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʃeχp/,

շեղբ • (šeġb)

1. blade (of a knife or weapon)
2. a knife-like tool for picking greens and vegetables

   Synonym: բանջարքաղի (banǰarkʻaġi)

• շեղբիկ (šeġbik)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շեղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 508—509
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “շեղբ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Recorded in Norayr's dictionary as a Middle Armenian word.^[1] The place of attestation in the literature is unknown.

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫܠܦܐ (šlpˀ /⁠šelpā⁠/, “a knife-like iron tool for grasping or pulling out something”).^[2]

շեղբ • (šeġb)

1. blade (of a knife or weapon)

• Armenian: շեղբ (šeġb)
  • ⇒ Armenian: շեղբիկ (šeġbik), շղբիկ (šġbik), շղբլինկ (šġblink), շղպլիկ (šġplik), շղբինկ (šġbink)
    • → Northern Kurdish: şixtîk (“useless old knife”)