Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սպունգ (spung). Doublet of սունկար (sunkar) and սունկ (sunk)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

սպունգ (spung)

  1. sponge
    Synonym: (dialectal) սունկար (sunkar)

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Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).

Noun edit

սպունգ (spung)

  1. sponge
    սուտ սպունգsut spungbastard sponge, alcyonium
    սպունգ լսնոսկւոյspung lsnoskwoyspongy platina
    սրբել, ջնջել սպնգաւsrbel, ǰnǰel spngawto sponge, to clean or wipe off with a sponge
    ընդ սպնգով ծածկել զերկաթ, զնետənd spngov cackel zerkatʻ, znetto admonish kindly, to warn gently

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սպունգ (spung)

References edit

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