Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ծեփ (cepʻ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ծեփ (cepʻ)

  1. plaster, putty, coating

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian წებო (c̣ebo, gum, glue).[1] For the correspondence of the endings compare Old Armenian թեփ (tʻepʻ) ~ Georgian თებო (tebo).

Noun

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ծեփ (cepʻ)

  1. plaster, putty
    • 5th century, Bible, Ezekiel 13.12.Եւ ահա կործանեցաւ որմն․ եւ ո՞չ եւս ասասցեն ցձեզ, թէ՝ Ո՞ւր է ծեփն ձեր զոր ծեփեցէքն։:
      Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where [is] the daubing wherewith ye have daubed.
  2. the act of plastering

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ծեփ (cepʻ)

References

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  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 308

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծեփ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 453–454
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծեփ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծեփ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 361b
  • 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 951
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծեփ”, 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 58