ռունգն
Old Armenian edit
Alternative forms edit
- ռունկն (ṙunkn)
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *srungʰ- and cognate with Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos).
Noun edit
ռունգն • (ṙungn)
- nose
- (in the plural) nose; nostrils
- իբրեւ աղօտ իմն շունչ ի յըռնգունս ունէին ― ibrew ałōt imn šunčʿ i yəṙnguns unēin ― they were at the last gasp
- (figuratively) door leaf, door wing
- (figuratively) hinge
Usage notes edit
The word was used more often in its plural form ռնգունք (ṙngunkʿ) rather than in singular.
Declension edit
n-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ռունգն (ṙungn) | ռնգունք (ṙngunkʿ) | |
| genitive | ռնգան (ṙngan) | ռնգանց (ṙngancʿ) | |
| dative | ռնգան (ṙngan) | ռնգանց (ṙngancʿ) | |
| accusative | ռունգն (ṙungn) | ռնգունս (ṙnguns) | |
| ablative | ռնգանէ (ṙnganē) | ռնգանց (ṙngancʿ) | |
| instrumental | ռնգամբ (ṙngamb) | ռնգամբք (ṙngambkʿ) | |
| locative | ռնգան (ṙngan) | ռնգունս (ṙnguns) | |
| An alternative genitive-dative plural ռնգաց (ṙngacʿ) is attested post-classically. The nominative plural is also written as ռընգունք (ṙəngunkʿ), ըռնգունք (əṙngunkʿ), ըռընգունք (əṙəngunkʿ) and ռունգք (ṙungkʿ). | |||
Synonyms edit
- (nose): քիթ (kʿitʿ)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Armenian: ռունգ (ṙung)
References edit
- Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “ռունգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “ռունգն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press