Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կերպ (kerp).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կերպ (kerp)

  1. method, way, mode, manner
    այս կերպ ոչինչ չի ստացվիays kerp očʿinčʿ čʿi stacʿviwe can do nothing this way
  2. shape, form; appearance
  3. (grammar) aspect of the verb

Usage notes edit

Also functions as an adjective-forming suffix with the meaning -like.

Declension edit

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Iranian; compare Middle Persian klp (kirb, body, form). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krep-. Doublet of որովայն (orovayn).

Noun edit

կերպ (kerp)

  1. form, figure, shape, cut, fashion, make
    կերպս ի կերպսkerps i kerpsin many shapes or forms; in many ways, diverse
    կերպս ի կերպս լինելkerps i kerps linelto assume a borrowed shape or appearance, to be disguised, dissembled or concealed
    ի կերպս կերպս առնելi kerps kerps aṙnelto transform into various shapes
    ի կերպս ահագինսi kerps ahaginsin the most hideous shapes
  2. face, person; aspect, look, appearance, air, deportment
  3. kind, sort, species

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կերպ (kerp)
  • Old Georgian: კერპი (ḳerṗi)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “կերպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կերպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կերպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press