# ձուղբ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* ձուղպ (juġp), ծուղպ (cuġp)

### Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly contains ձու (ju, “egg”).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /d͡zuχp/, [d͡zuχp]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /t͡suχb/, [t͡sʰuχp]

### Noun

ձուղբ • (juġb) (rare)
* roe, spawn
    Synonym: ձկնկիթ (jknkitʻ)

#### Usage notes

Found only in dictionaries, the earliest being Ananean in the form ձուղպ (juġp) and Sarafean in the form ծուղպ (cuġp).

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | ձուղբ (juġb) | ձուղբեր (juġber) |
| dative | ձուղբի (juġbi) | ձուղբերի (juġberi) |
| ablative | ձուղբից (juġbicʻ) | ձուղբերից (juġbericʻ) |
| instrumental | ձուղբով (juġbov) | ձուղբերով (juġberov) |
| locative | ձուղբում (juġbum) | ձուղբերում (juġberum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | ձուղբը/ձուղբն (juġbə/juġbn) | ձուղբերը/ձուղբերն (juġberə/juġbern) |
| dative | ձուղբին (juġbin) | ձուղբերին (juġberin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | ձուղբս (juġbs) | ձուղբերս (juġbers) |
| dative | ձուղբիս (juġbis) | ձուղբերիս (juġberis) |
| ablative | ձուղբիցս (juġbicʻs) | ձուղբերիցս (juġbericʻs) |
| instrumental | ձուղբովս (juġbovs) | ձուղբերովս (juġberovs) |
| locative | ձուղբումս (juġbums) | ձուղբերումս (juġberums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | ձուղբդ (juġbd) | ձուղբերդ (juġberd) |
| dative | ձուղբիդ (juġbid) | ձուղբերիդ (juġberid) |
| ablative | ձուղբիցդ (juġbicʻd) | ձուղբերիցդ (juġbericʻd) |
| instrumental | ձուղբովդ (juġbovd) | ձուղբերովդ (juġberovd) |
| locative | ձուղբումդ (juġbumd) | ձուղբերումդ (juġberumd) |

#### Derived terms

* ծուղպնավոր (cuġpnavor)

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ձուղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 160b
* ↑ Tašean, Yakovbos (1926) Baṙaxōsakan ditoġutʻiwnner hayerēn gitakan lezui masin [Lexical remarks about Armenian scientific vocabulary] (Azgayin matenadaran; 116) (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 28–29
* ↑ Ananean, Mkrtičʻ (1769) “խաւիար”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian]‎ (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 246b
* ↑ Sarafean, Kġēopatra (1788) Banali gitutʻean [Key of Knowledge] (overall work in Armenian and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Grigor Khaldariants press, page 64

### Further reading

* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 41–42, connects the *ձու- (*ju-) part with ձուկն (jukn), comparing *-ղբ (*-ġb) with Old Irish reduplicated lelap, lelab, lenab (“infant, babe, child”), reconstructing Proto-Indo-European *lebʰ- (“youngling, nestling, child”) for the Armenian and Celtic, deriving ձուղբ (jułb) from *ǵʰū-lebʰ- (literally “fish-youngling”).
* Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “juɫb”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 440, tentatively derives *-ղբ (*-ġb) from աղբ (aġb, “excrement, dung”), for the semantics comparing ծիրտ (cirt, “dung (of birds and flies)”) : ծրտեմ (crtem, “to spawn”)