փուք

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian փուք (pʿukʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

փուք (pʿukʿ)

  1. breath from the mouth
  2. air compressed and collected somewhere

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

An onomatopoeic formation, possibly of inherited from Proto-Indo-European and cognate with Old Armenian փչեմ (pʿčʿem, to blow, breathe), Persian پوک (pūk, wind from the throat in blowing a fire), Ancient Greek φῦσα (phûsa, bellows)

Noun

փուք (pʿukʿ)

  1. breath from the mouth
  2. air from the bellows
  3. (figuratively) puffiness, haughtiness
  4. flatus, fart
    փուքս արձակել, հանել փուքսpʿukʿs arjakel, hanel pʿukʿsto fart, to let a fart, to break wind

Declension

Derived terms

  • անփքացութիւն (anpʿkʿacʿutʿiwn)
  • փուքք (pʿukʿkʿ)
  • փքաբեր (pʿkʿaber)
  • փքագոյն (pʿkʿagoyn)
  • փքաղիք (pʿkʿałikʿ)
  • փքամ (pʿkʿam)
  • փքանամ (pʿkʿanam)
  • փքանք (pʿkʿankʿ)
  • փքացութիւն (pʿkʿacʿutʿiwn)
  • փքացումն (pʿkʿacʿumn)
  • փքացուցանեմ (pʿkʿacʿucʿanem)
  • փքացուցիչ (pʿkʿacʿucʿičʿ)
  • փքնում (pʿkʿnum)
  • փքոցուռոյց (pʿkʿocʿuṙoycʿ)
  • փքումն (pʿkʿumn)
  • փքռիմ (pʿkʿṙim)

Descendants

  • Armenian: փուք (pʿukʿ)
  • Georgian: ფუქვა (pukva), ფუქუვა (pukuva)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), փուք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 529ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), փուք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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 44
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), փուք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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