ումպ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ումպ (ump).

Pronunciation

Noun

ումպ (ump)

  1. swallow, draught, gulp

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Back-formation from ըմպեմ (əmpem). The vocalism is probably analogical.

Noun

ումպ (ump)

  1. drink, drinking
    թէպէտեւ յումպ էրtʿēpētew yump ēralthough he was about to drink
  2. (post-Classical) sip, gulp
    ըմպել ումպ առ ումպəmpel ump aṙ umpto sip

Descendants

  • Armenian: ումպ (ump) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ումպ”, 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), ումպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 278
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ումպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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