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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սպունգ (spung). Doublet of սունկար (sunkar) and սունկ (sunk)
Pronunciation
Noun
սպունգ • (spung)
- sponge
- Synonym: (dialectal) սունկար (sunkar)
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Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).
Noun
սպունգ • (spung)
- sponge
- սուտ սպունգ ― sut spung ― bastard sponge, alcyonium
- սպունգ լսնոսկւոյ ― spung lsnoskwoy ― spongy platina
- սրբել, ջնջել սպնգաւ ― srbel, ǰnǰel spngaw ― to sponge, to clean or wipe off with a sponge
- ընդ սպնգով ծածկել զերկաթ, զնետ ― ənd spngov cackel zerkatʻ, znet ― to admonish kindly, to warn gently
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սպունգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սպունգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սպունգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press