փոս

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian փոս (pʿos).

Pronunciation

Noun

փոս (pʿos)

  1. hole, pit, hollow

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek φόσσα (phóssa), from Latin fossa.

Noun

փոս (pʿos)

  1. furrow, trench; ditch; hollow; channel
    փոս(ս) հատանել, գործել, փորելpʿos(s) hatanel, gorcel, pʿorelto dig a ditch, to ditch, to trench
    փոս հատանել քաղաքինpʿos hatanel kʿałakʿinto intrench, to circumvallate

Declension

Derived terms

  • անդնդնափոս (andndnapʿos)
  • դարափոս (darapʿos)
  • դարուփոս (darupʿos)
  • Դրունք Փոսից (Drunkʿ Pʿosicʿ)
  • փոսահերձ (pʿosaherj)
  • փոսացուցանեմ (pʿosacʿucʿanem)
  • փոսափորեմ (pʿosapʿorem)
  • փոսեմ (pʿosem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: փոս (pʿos)
  • Georgian: ფოსო (poso)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), փոս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), փոս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 387
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 652–653
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), փոս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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