շեղբ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • շեղփ (šeġpʿ), շեխբ (šexb), շղոփ (šġopʿ), շղուփ (šġupʿ), շուղուփ (šuġupʿ) dialectal

Etymology

From Middle Armenian շեղբ (šeġb).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [Lua error: Unmatched close-paren at pattern character 2] invalid IPA characters (<g="">L:U2</g>), replace g with ɡ, : with ː, g with ɡ
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [Lua error: Unmatched close-paren at pattern character 2] invalid IPA characters (<g="">L:U2</g>), replace g with ɡ, : with ː, g with ɡ

Noun

շեղբ (šeġb)

  1. blade (of a knife or weapon)
  2. a knife-like tool for picking greens and vegetables
    Synonym: բանջարքաղի (banǰarkʿaġi)

Declension

Derived terms

  • շեղբիկ (šeġbik)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), շեղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 508—509
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), շեղբ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Middle Armenian

Etymology

Recorded in Norayr's dictionary as a Middle Armenian word.[1] The place of attestation in the literature is unknown.

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫܠܦܐ (šlpˀ /⁠šelpā⁠/, a knife-like iron tool for grasping or pulling out something).[2]

Noun

շեղբ (šeġb)

  1. blade (of a knife or weapon)

Descendants

  • Armenian: շեղբ (šeġb)
    • Armenian: շեղբիկ (šeġbik), շղբիկ (šġbik), շղբլինկ (šġblink), շղպլիկ (šġplik), շղբինկ (šġbink)
      • Northern Kurdish: şixtîk (useless old knife)

References

  1. Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (1884), alumelle”, in Baṙagirkʿ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 49
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), շեղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 508—509
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