զեփիւռ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• զեփիւռոս (zepʻiwṙos), զեւփիւռոս (zewpʻiwṙos)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros).

Noun

զեփիւռ • (zepʻiwṙ)

1. westerly wind
2. (post-Classical) zephyr, gentle breeze

   քաղցրաշունչ զեփիւռ ― kʻałcʻrašunčʻ zepʻiwṙ ― the gentle zephyrs

   զովարար զեփիւռ ― zovarar zepʻiwṙ ― refreshing breeze

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	զեփիւռ (zepʻiwṙ)		զեփիւռք (zepʻiwṙkʻ)
genitive	զեփիւռի (zepʻiwṙi)		զեփիւռից (zepʻiwṙicʻ)
dative	զեփիւռի (zepʻiwṙi)		զեփիւռից (zepʻiwṙicʻ)
accusative	զեփիւռ (zepʻiwṙ)		զեփիւռս (zepʻiwṙs)
ablative	զեփիւռէ (zepʻiwṙē)		զեփիւռից (zepʻiwṙicʻ)
instrumental	զեփիւռիւ (zepʻiwṙiw)		զեփիւռիւք (zepʻiwṙiwkʻ)
locative	զեփիւռի (zepʻiwṙi)		զեփիւռս (zepʻiwṙs)

Descendants

• → Armenian: զեփյուռ (zepʻyuṙ)

References

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