Armenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Armenian աղբ (ałb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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աղբ (aġb)

  1. garbage, trash, rubbish
    Synonym: (dialectal) զիբիլ (zibil)
  2. (rare) feces, excrement

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative աղբ (aġb) աղբեր (aġber)
dative աղբի (aġbi) աղբերի (aġberi)
ablative աղբից (aġbicʻ) աղբերից (aġbericʻ)
instrumental աղբով (aġbov) աղբերով (aġberov)
locative աղբում (aġbum) աղբերում (aġberum)
definite forms
nominative աղբը/աղբն (aġbə/aġbn) աղբերը/աղբերն (aġberə/aġbern)
dative աղբին (aġbin) աղբերին (aġberin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative աղբս (aġbs) աղբերս (aġbers)
dative աղբիս (aġbis) աղբերիս (aġberis)
ablative աղբիցս (aġbicʻs) աղբերիցս (aġbericʻs)
instrumental աղբովս (aġbovs) աղբերովս (aġberovs)
locative աղբումս (aġbums) աղբերումս (aġberums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative աղբդ (aġbd) աղբերդ (aġberd)
dative աղբիդ (aġbid) աղբերիդ (aġberid)
ablative աղբիցդ (aġbicʻd) աղբերիցդ (aġbericʻd)
instrumental աղբովդ (aġbovd) աղբերովդ (aġberovd)
locative աղբումդ (aġbumd) աղբերումդ (aġberumd)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: ağb

References

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  • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 24

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Probably related to Hittite [script needed] (šalpa-), [script needed] (šalpi, dung?) and derived from Proto-Indo-European *sal-bʰo- (dirty) (the o-stem) and *sal-bʰi- (dirt, excrement) (the i-stem), from*solH- (dirt, dirty). Alternatively, the Hittite and Armenian words are from Proto-Indo-European *selpo- and cognate to Sanskrit Sanskrit सर्पिष् (sarpíṣ-, molten butter, lard), German Salbe (ointment).

Noun

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աղբ (ałb)

  1. excrement, dung, feces
  2. muck, manure
    աղբ արկանելałb arkanelto manure, to muck

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫb”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 32
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 61