Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian սուրբ (surb).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

սուրբ (surb) (superlative ամենասուրբ)

  1. holy, sacred
    Սուրբ ՀոգիSurb HogiHoly Spirit
    Սուրբ ԾնունդSurb CnundChristmas
    Սուրբ ԳիրքSurb GirkʻBible
  2. righteous, pious, godly, upright

Declension edit

Noun edit

սուրբ (surb)

  1. saint
    Սուրբ Գրիգոր ԼուսավորիչSurb Grigor LusavoričʻSaint Gregory the Illuminator (patron of Armenia)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

 
The word Սուրբ (Surb, Holy) abbreviated. Only first and last letters are written, under the Armenian abbreviation mark.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ku-bʰ-ro- with Sanskrit शुभ्र (śubhrá, shining, beautiful) and possibly Khotanese [script needed] (suraa-, clean, pure) as the only cognates. Less likely Iranian origin has also been suggested.

Adjective edit

սուրբ (surb)

  1. pure, clean, exempt, spotless, stainless, immaculate
  2. divine, godly, innocent
  3. (religion, sometimes capitalized) holy, sacred
    սուրբն սրբոցsurbn srbocʻthe Holy of Holies
    սուրբ առնելsurb aṙnelto sanctify, to purify
    սուրբ առնել զԱստուածsurb aṙnel zAstuacto glorify God
    սուրբ առնել զանձնsurb aṙnel zanjnto offer, consecrate or devote oneself

Declension edit

Noun edit

սուրբ (surb)

  1. (religion, sometimes capitalized) saint

Adverb edit

սուրբ (surb)

  1. holily

Usage notes edit

In the sense of “holy, saint” the word was written abbreviated սբ՟ (sb.) = սուրբ (surb) (see the picture).

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սուրբ (surb)

References edit

  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սուրբ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սուրբ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սուրբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “surb”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 588