շեղբ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • շեղփ (šełpʿ), շեխբ (šexb), շղոփ (šłopʿ), շղուփ (šłupʿ), շուղուփ (šułupʿ) dialectal

Etymology

From Middle Armenian շեղբ (šełb).

Pronunciation

Noun

շեղբ (šełb)

  1. blade (of a knife or weapon)
  2. a knife-like tool for picking greens and vegetables
    Synonym: բանջարքաղի (banǰarkʿałi)

Declension

Derived terms

  • շեղբիկ (šełbik)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), շեղբ”, 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, pages 508—509
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), շեղբ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Middle Armenian

Etymology

Recorded in Norayr's dictionary as a Middle Armenian word.[1] The place of attestation in the literature is unknown.

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫܠܦܐ (šlpˀ /šelpā/, a knife-like iron tool for grasping or pulling out something).[2]

Noun

շեղբ (šełb)

  1. blade (of a knife or weapon)

Descendants

  • Armenian: շեղբ (šełb)
    • Armenian: շեղբիկ (šełbik), շղբիկ (šłbik), շղբլինկ (šłblink), շղպլիկ (šłplik), շղբինկ (šłbink)
      • Northern Kurdish: şixtîk (useless old knife)

References

  1. Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (1884), alumelle”, in Baṙagirkʿ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 49
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), շեղբ”, 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, pages 508—509
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