ումպ

Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian ումպ (ump).

Pronunciation

Noun

ումպ (ump)

  1. swallow, draught, gulp

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From ըմպեմ (əmpem). The vocalism is probably analogical.

Noun

ումպ (ump)

  1. drink, drinking
    թէպէտեւ յումպ էրtʿēpētew yump ēralthough he was about to drink
  2. (post-classical) sip, gulp
    ըմպել ումպ առ ումպəmpel ump aṙ umpto sip

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ումպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ումպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ումպ”, 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
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 278
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