Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan tentatively suggests a derivation from յ- (y-) +‎ Proto-Indo-European *pi-pleh₁-, reduplication of *pleh₁-, +‎ -ան- (-an-). Compare Sanskrit पिपर्ति (piparti), Ancient Greek πίμπλημι (pímplēmi).

Verb edit

յղփանամ (yłpʻanam)  (aorist indicative յղփացայ)

  1. to be filled to repletion, to be overfilled, to be satiated
  2. (figuratively) to delight, to enjoy, to luxuriate, to relish

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հղփանալ (hġpʻanal)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յղփանամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յղփանամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յղփանալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 278, 494