ռունգն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *srungʰ- and cognate with Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos).

Noun

ռունգն • (ṙungn)

  1. nose
  2. (in the plural) nose; nostrils
    իբրեւ աղօտ իմն շունչ ի յըռնգունս ունէին ― ibrew ałōt imn šunčʿ i yəṙnguns unēin ― they were at the last gasp
  3. (figuratively) door leaf, door wing
  4. (figuratively) hinge

Usage notes

The word was used more often in its plural form ռնգունք (ṙngunkʿ) rather than in singular.

Declension
n-type
singular plural
nominative ռունգն (ṙungn) ռնգունք (ṙngunkʿ)
genitive ռնգան (ṙngan) ռնգանց (ṙngancʿ)
dative ռնգան (ṙngan) ռնգանց (ṙngancʿ)
accusative ռունգն (ṙungn) ռնգունս (ṙnguns)
ablative ռնգանէ (ṙnganē) ռնգանց (ṙngancʿ)
instrumental ռնգամբ (ṙngamb) ռնգամբք (ṙngambkʿ)
locative ռնգան (ṙngan) ռնգունս (ṙnguns)
An alternative genitive-dative plural ռնգաց (ṙngacʿ) is attested post-classically. The nominative plural is also written as ռընգունք (ṙəngunkʿ), ըռնգունք (əṙngunkʿ), ըռընգունք (əṙəngunkʿ) and ռունգք (ṙungkʿ).

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References
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ռունգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ռունգն”, 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
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