Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ծծումբ (ccumb).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

ծծումբ (ccumb)

  1. sulfur

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The older spelling is ծծում (ccum), reduplicated from an unknown root *ծում (*cum); compare the Georgian borrowing წუმწუმა (c̣umc̣uma, sulfur; match).

According to J̌ahukyan, this root may be related to the Mediterranean source of Latin sulfur.

Noun edit

ծծումբ (ccumb)

  1. sulfur
    պատել, օծանել ծծմբովpatel, ōcanel ccmbovto dip in, or to mix with sulphur

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ծծումբ (ccumb)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծծումբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծծումբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծծումբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծծումբ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik