ռունգն
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ռունկն (ṙunkn)
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *srungʰ- and cognate with Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos).
Noun
ռունգն • (ṙungn)
- nose
- (in the plural) nose; nostrils
- իբրեւ աղօտ իմն շունչ ի յըռնգունս ունէին ― ibrew ałōt imn šunčʻ i yəṙnguns unēin ― they were at the last gasp
- (figuratively) door leaf, door wing
- (figuratively) hinge
Usage notes
The word was used more often in its plural form ռնգունք (ṙngunkʻ) rather than in singular.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ռունգն (ṙungn) | ռնգունք (ṙngunkʻ) |
| genitive | ռնգան (ṙngan) | ռնգանց (ṙngancʻ) |
| dative | ռնգան (ṙngan) | ռնգանց (ṙngancʻ) |
| accusative | ռունգն (ṙungn) | ռնգունս (ṙnguns) |
| ablative | ռնգանէ (ṙnganē) | ռնգանց (ṙngancʻ) |
| instrumental | ռնգամբ (ṙngamb) | ռնգամբք (ṙngambkʻ) |
| locative | ռնգան (ṙngan) | ռնգունս (ṙnguns) |
An alternative genitive-dative plural ռնգաց (ṙngacʻ) is attested post-classically. The nominative plural is also written as ռընգունք (ṙəngunkʻ), ըռնգունք (əṙngunkʻ), ըռընգունք (əṙəngunkʻ) and ռունգք (ṙungkʻ).
Synonyms
- (nose): քիթ (kʻitʻ)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: ռունգ (ṙung)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ռունգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ռունգն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press