փափուկ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian փափուկ (pʻapʻuk).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

փափուկ (pʻapʻuk) (superlative ամենափափուկ)

  1. soft
  2. tender, delicate

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is unknown.[1][2][3]

Adjective[edit]

փափուկ (pʻapʻuk)

  1. tender, delicate
    փափուկսpʻapʻuksdelicately, tenderly, gently
    փափուկ ախորժակpʻapʻuk axoržakfine taste
    փափուկ խիղճpʻapʻuk xiłčtender or scrupulous conscience
  2. holy, sacred

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: փափուկ (pʻapʻuk)
  • Georgian: ფაფუკი (papuḳi)
  • Udi: папукӏ (papuḳ)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փափուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 492b
  2. ^ 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 966
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “փափուկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 761b

Further reading[edit]

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փափուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փափուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy