սնգոյր

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

սնկոյր (snkoyr)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian ‎ (šingâr), Arabized ‎ (šinjâr, “melilot; bugloss”), from the red roots of which men made rouge. Related to Georgian სინგური (singuri).

Noun

սնգոյր • (sngoyr)

rouge, blush
ի սնգոյր շպարեմ ― i sngoyr šparem ― to use paint, to rouge, to paint, to bedaub oneself or one's face
deadly nightshade

Declension

i-a-type

	singular	plural
nominative	սնգոյր (sngoyr)	սնգոյրք (sngoyrkʿ)
genitive	սնգուրի (snguri)	սնգուրաց (snguracʿ)
dative	սնգուրի (snguri)	սնգուրաց (snguracʿ)
accusative	սնգոյր (sngoyr)	սնգոյրս (sngoyrs)
ablative	սնգուրէ (sngurē)	սնգուրաց (snguracʿ)
instrumental	սնգուրաւ (snguraw)	սնգուրաւք = սնգուրօք (sngurawkʿ = sngurōkʿ)
locative	սնգուրի (snguri)	սնգոյրս (sngoyrs)

o-type

	singular	plural
nominative	սնգոյր (sngoyr)	սնգոյրք (sngoyrkʿ)
genitive	սնգուրոյ (snguroy)	սնգուրոց (sngurocʿ)
dative	սնգուրոյ (snguroy)	սնգուրոց (sngurocʿ)
accusative	սնգոյր (sngoyr)	սնգոյրս (sngoyrs)
ablative	սնգուրոյ (snguroy)	սնգուրոց (sngurocʿ)
instrumental	սնգուրով (sngurov)	սնգուրովք (sngurovkʿ)
locative	սնգոյր (sngoyr)	սնգոյրս (sngoyrs)

Derived terms

սնգուրեմ (sngurem), սնգուրիմ (sngurim)
սնգոյրատակ (sngoyratak)

Descendants

Armenian: սնգույր (snguyr)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սնգոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 235ab
Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “սնգոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “սնգոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy