ոսպն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms
  • ոսբն (osbn), ոզբն (ozbn)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Probably connected with Ancient Greek ὄσπριον (ósprion, “pulse, legume”).[1][2][3]

Mkrtčʿyan sees a rare alternative form սպ- (sp-) in the hapaxes Old Armenian սպ-օք (sp-ōkʿ, “a kind of cereal or legume”, instrumental plural?)[4][5] and Middle Armenian սպն-ա-խայտ (spn-a-xayt, “(of a horse) speckled with lentil-shaped dots?”)[6] and connects (ո)սպ(ն) ((o)sp(n)) with Akkadian 𒋛𒂊𒁍 (se-e-pu /sēpu/, “a kind of cereal used to make bread”), both supposedly borrowed from an unknown substrate language.[7][8]

Noun

ոսպն • (ospn)

  1. lentil
  2. lentigo

Declension
n-type
singular (uncountable)
nominative ոսպն (ospn)
genitive ոսպան (ospan)
dative ոսպան (ospan)
accusative ոսպն (ospn)
ablative ոսպանէ (ospanē)
instrumental ոսպամբ (ospamb)
locative ոսպան (ospan)

Derived terms
  • ոսպնաթան (ospnatʿan)
  • ոսպնաչափ (ospnačʿapʿ)
  • ոսպնասպաս (ospnaspas)
  • ոսպնեայ (ospneay)
  • ոսպնէ (ospnē)

Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: ոսպ (osp), ոսբ (osb)
  • → Old Georgian: ოსპი (osṗi)

References
  1. Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “ոսպնեայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 522a
  2. Pictet, Adolphe (1859) Les origines indo-européennes, ou Les Aryas primitifs: essai de paléontologie linguistique, volume I, Paris: J. Cherbuliez, page 291
  3. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 141
  4. Ališan, Łewond (1895), “սպօք”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 2827, page 580
  5. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սպօք”, 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 267b
  6. Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “սպնախայտ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 716b
  7. Mkrtčʿyan, Nerses (2004), “Banasirakan čšgrtumner ew lracʿumner [Philological Corrections and Additions]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), issue 3, pages 182–183
  8. Mkrtčjan, N. A. (2005) Семитские языки и армянский [Semitic Languages and Armenian] (in Russian), Yerevan: Drazark, →ISBN, page 283

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ոսպն”, 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, page 568ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ոսպն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ոսպն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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