տապալ
Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian տապալ (tapal).
Adverb
տապալ • (tapal)
- (rare) falling down, rolling down
Further reading
- “տապալ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
Old Armenian
Etymology
From տապալեմ (tapalem).
Adverb
տապալ • (tapal)
- falling down, rolling down
- Synonym: թաւալագլոր (tʿawalaglor)
- տապալ յերկիր կործանել ― tapal yerkir korcanel ― to fall down; to be struck dead on the spot
Descendants
- → Armenian: տապալ (tapal)
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “տապալ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “տապալ”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “տապալ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy