ամպրոպ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ամպրոպ (amprop)

Pronunciation

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Noun

ամպրոպ (amprop)

  1. thunderstorm

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • անպրոպ (anprop)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *m̥bʰrós, through labial assimilation from *n̥bʰrós.[1][2][3] The final (-p) is not satisfactorily explained. Related to ամպ (amp).

Noun

ամպրոպ (amprop)

  1. thunder
  2. (figuratively) noise, explosion, crash, report

Declension

Derived terms

  • ամպրոպային (ampropayin)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ամպրոպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 52

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ամպրոպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ամպրոպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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