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, փորել ― pʿos(s) hatanel, gorcel, pʿorel ― to dig a ditch, to ditch, to trench
    փոս հատանել քաղաքին ― pʿos hatanel kʿałakʿin ― to 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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