փրփուր

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian փրփուր (pʿrpʿur); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

փրփուր (pʿrpʿur)

  1. foam, spume
  2. froth
  3. suds, lather

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From *փիր-փուր (pʿir-pʿur), reduplication of *փիր (pʿir), from Proto-Indo-European *pher-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀφρός (aphrós).

Noun

փրփուր (pʿrpʿur)

  1. froth, foam, scum; slaver, drivel
    փրփուր օճառիpʿrpʿur ōčaṙisoap-lather
    փրփուր ի վեր բերելpʿrpʿur i ver berelto froth, to foam
    ի բաց առնուլ/բառնալ զփրփուրնi bacʿ aṙnul/baṙnal zpʿrpʿurnto skim, to scum, to despumate

Declension

Derived terms

  • եղեգնափրփուր (ełegnapʿrpʿur)
  • փրփրադէզ (pʿrpʿradēz)
  • փրփրածին (pʿrpʿracin)
  • փրփրական (pʿrpʿrakan)
  • փրփրամ (pʿrpʿram)
  • փրփրերախ (pʿrpʿrerax)
  • փրփրեցուցանեմ (pʿrpʿrecʿucʿanem)
  • փրփրիմ (pʿrpʿrim)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), փրփուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), փրփուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), փրփուր”, 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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