ասուպ
Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ասուպ (asup), found only in HHB citing Albertus Magnus,[1] several medieval Armenian translations of whom are known. Borrowed from Medieval Latin asub (“meteor”) attested in the writings of Albertus Magnus, which the Armenian translator simply transliterated. Asub, assub is a Latinized form of Arabic أَشْهُب (ʾašhub), plural of شِهَاب (šihāb, “meteor”).
Note also Middle Armenian ասպ (asp, “comet”) in Mxitʿar Ayrivanecʿi.[2]
Pronunciation
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file) - (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɑˈsup]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɑˈsub]
Noun
ասուպ • (asup)
- meteor, shooting star
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ասուպ (asup) | ասուպներ (asupner) | ||
| dative | ասուպի (asupi) | ասուպների (asupneri) | ||
| ablative | ասուպից (asupicʿ) | ասուպներից (asupnericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | ասուպով (asupov) | ասուպներով (asupnerov) | ||
| locative | ասուպում (asupum) | ասուպներում (asupnerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | ասուպը/ասուպն (asupə/asupn) | ասուպները/ասուպներն (asupnerə/asupnern) | ||
| dative | ասուպին (asupin) | ասուպներին (asupnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | ասուպս (asups) | ասուպներս (asupners) | ||
| dative | ասուպիս (asupis) | ասուպներիս (asupneris) | ||
| ablative | ասուպիցս (asupicʿs) | ասուպներիցս (asupnericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | ասուպովս (asupovs) | ասուպներովս (asupnerovs) | ||
| locative | ասուպումս (asupums) | ասուպներումս (asupnerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | ասուպդ (asupd) | ասուպներդ (asupnerd) | ||
| dative | ասուպիդ (asupid) | ասուպներիդ (asupnerid) | ||
| ablative | ասուպիցդ (asupicʿd) | ասուպներիցդ (asupnericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | ասուպովդ (asupovd) | ասուպներովդ (asupnerovd) | ||
| locative | ասուպումդ (asupumd) | ասուպներումդ (asupnerumd) | ||
Derived terms
- ասուպագիտություն (asupagitutʿyun)
- ասուպային (asupayin)
- ասուպավոր (asupavor)
References
- Anonymous disciples of Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1769), “ասուպ”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Mnacʿordkʿ grabaṙ baṙicʿ haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. The Remainder of Old Armenian Words] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 62b
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “ասպ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 79b
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ասուպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 270a
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “ասուպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 315a
- Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000), “ասուպ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, pages 71–72
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ասուպ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 77–78
- J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1804), “asub”, in Baṙaran yitalakan lezuē i hay ew i tačik barbaṙ [Dizionario Italiano-Armeno-Turco], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 77b
- West, Andrew F. (1891), “Lexicographical Gleanings from the Philobiblon of Richard de Bury”, in Transactions of the American Philological Association, volume 22, page 100