Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թափ (tʻapʻ).

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Noun edit

թափ (tʻapʻ)

  1. sweep; power, might; impetuosity; swing
    թափովtʻapʻovwith all one's strength; rapidly
    թափ տալtʻapʻ talto shake
  2. Alternative form of թափք (tʻapʻkʻ)

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The sense “bottom” seems to be the original one, which has developed new and unexpected meanings. Ačaṙean leaves the origin of the word open. J̌ahukyan proposes derivation from Proto-Indo-European *təpʰ-, an ablaut grade without s-mobile of *stepʰ-, a possible by-form of *stebʰ-, *step- (post, pillar, stump; to support; to stomp on). For this root see Pokorny, without the Armenian. Among the cognates note Sanskrit स्थापयति (sthāpayati, to put, to place; to establish), Lithuanian stẽpinti (to fasten), Russian стопа́ (stopá).

Noun edit

թափ (tʻapʻ)

  1. bottom; depth, profound depth, abyss
    ի թափս դժոխոցi tʻapʻs džoxocʻin the depths or hell
    թափ անցանել, ընդ թափ անցանել, զթափ անցանելtʻapʻ ancʻanel, ənd tʻapʻ ancʻanel, ztʻapʻ ancʻanelto penetrate, to pierce, to run through, to bore; to thread, to spit
    թափ անկանել, թափ մտանելtʻapʻ ankanel, tʻapʻ mtanelto run rapidly, to pass through, or traverse with impetuosity, to enter with violence or impetus
    թափ հանել, թափ հասուցանել, ընդ թափ անցուցանելtʻapʻ hanel, tʻapʻ hasucʻanel, ənd tʻapʻ ancʻucʻanelto pass, to bore, to pierce, to transfix, to thread, to run through
    թափն ընդ թափնtʻapʻn ənd tʻapʻnby piercing, with penetration
  2. (in the plural) sheath, scabbard
  3. sweep; power, might; impetuosity; swing
    զթափ առնուլztʻapʻ aṙnulto prepare for an effort, to gather oneself up
    թափ տալtʻapʻ talto hurl, to launch, to fling, to throw
    թափ կրիցtʻapʻ kricʻfit, outbreak, burst of passion
  4. turning, roaming, circulating
    թափ առնուլ, զթափ առեալ շրջելtʻapʻ aṙnul, ztʻapʻ aṙeal šrǰelto wander, to roam

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թափ (tʻapʻ), թափք (tʻapʻkʻ)

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