կերպ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian կերպ (kerp).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

կերպ (kerp)

  1. method, way, mode, manner
    այս կերպ ոչինչ չի ստացվիays kerp očʻinčʻ čʻi stacʻviwe can do nothing this way
  2. shape, form; appearance
  3. (grammar) aspect of the verb

Usage notes[edit]

Also functions as an adjective-forming suffix with the meaning -like.

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Iranian; compare Middle Persian klp (kirb, body, form). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krep-. Doublet of որովայն (orovayn).

Noun[edit]

կերպ (kerp)

  1. form, figure, shape, cut, fashion, make
    կերպս ի կերպսkerps i kerpsin many shapes or forms; in many ways, diverse
    կերպս ի կերպս լինելkerps i kerps linelto assume a borrowed shape or appearance, to be disguised, dissembled or concealed
    ի կերպս կերպս առնելi kerps kerps aṙnelto transform into various shapes
    ի կերպս ահագինսi kerps ahaginsin the most hideous shapes
  2. face, person; aspect, look, appearance, air, deportment
  3. kind, sort, species

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: կերպ (kerp)
  • Old Georgian: კერპი (ḳerṗi)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կերպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կերպ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կերպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press