սպունգ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սպունգ (spung). Doublet of սունկար (sunkar) and սունկ (sunk)

Pronunciation

Noun

սպունգ (spung)

  1. sponge
    Synonym: (dialectal) սունկար (sunkar)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).

Noun

սպունգ (spung)

  1. sponge
    սուտ սպունգsut spungbastard sponge, alcyonium
    սպունգ լսնոսկւոյspung lsnoskwoyspongy platina
    սրբել, ջնջել սպնգաւsrbel, ǰnǰel spngawto sponge, to clean or wipe off with a sponge
    ընդ սպնգով ծածկել զերկաթ, զնետənd spngov cackel zerkatʿ, znetto admonish kindly, to warn gently

Declension

Derived terms

  • սպնգագոյն (spngagoyn)
  • սպնգատեսակ (spngatesak)

Descendants

  • Armenian: սպունգ (spung)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սպունգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), սպունգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), սպունգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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