Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սմբակ (smbak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

սմբակ (smbak)

  1. hoof (of an equid)
    Synonyms: կճղակ (kčġak), պճեղ (pčeġ)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [script needed] (swmb' /⁠sumb⁠/, hoof).[1][2][3][4] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćapʰás.

Noun edit

սմբակ (smbak)

  1. hoof (of an equid)
    Synonyms: կճղակ (kčłak), սմբատակ (smbatak)
    առ սմբակ պղտորել զջուրսaṙ smbak płtorel zǰursto foul or muddy water by walking through it

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Armenian: սնպակ (snpak)
  • Armenian: սմբակ (smbak)

References edit

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 237
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սմբակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 233–234
  3. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 244
  4. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “սմբակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 685a

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սմբակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սմբակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy