փաղփ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian փաղփ (pʿałpʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

փաղփ • (pʿaġpʿ)

  1. (archaic) sheen, lustre

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Back-formation from փաղփաղիմ (pʿałpʿałim, to shine), փաղփաղուն (pʿałpʿałun, shiny) and other words composed by reduplication of *փաղ- (*pʿał-).

Noun

փաղփ • (pʿałpʿ)

  1. sheen, refulgence, lustre

Declension

Derived terms

  • փաղփեալ (pʿałpʿeal)
  • փաղփեցուցանեմ (pʿałpʿecʿucʿanem)
  • փաղփիմ (pʿałpʿim)
  • փաղփինատար (pʿałpʿinatar)
  • փաղփիւնափայլ (pʿałpʿiwnapʿayl)
  • փաղփումն (pʿałpʿumn)
  • փաղփուն (pʿałpʿun)

Descendants

  • Armenian: փաղփ (pʿaġpʿ) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), փայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 476b
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), փաղփ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), փաղփ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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