ռունգն
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ռունկն (ṙunkn)
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *srungʰ- and cognate with Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos).
Noun
ռունգն • (ṙungn)
Usage notes
The word was used more often in its plural form ռնգունք (ṙngunkʿ) rather than in singular.
Declension
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
- (nose): քիթ (kʿitʿ)
Descendants
- Armenian: ռունգ (ṙung)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (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 [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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