ճպուռն
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ճիպուռն (čipuṙn), ճպիռն (čpiṙn), ճպուռ (čpuṙ), ճիպիռն (čipiṙn)
Etymology
The origin is uncertain.
Noun
ճպուռն • (čpuṙn)
- dragonfly (insect)
- ճպուռն ճռճռայ, ճռնչէ ― čpuṙn čṙčṙay, čṙnčʿē ― the cicada chirrups
Declension
n-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ճպուռն (čpuṙn) | ճպռունք (čpṙunkʿ) | |
| genitive | ճպռան (čpṙan) | ճպռանց (čpṙancʿ) | |
| dative | ճպռան (čpṙan) | ճպռանց (čpṙancʿ) | |
| accusative | ճպուռն (čpuṙn) | ճպռունս (čpṙuns) | |
| ablative | ճպռանէ (čpṙanē) | ճպռանց (čpṙancʿ) | |
| instrumental | ճպռամբ (čpṙamb) | ճպռամբք (čpṙambkʿ) | |
| locative | ճպռան (čpṙan) | ճպռունս (čpṙuns) |
Descendants
- Armenian: ճպուռ (čpuṙ)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ճպուռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ճպուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press