աղաւնի
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Old Armenian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Armenian *aławun + -ի. Further origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰo- (“white”). Alternatively, a Mediterranean substrate word reflected also in Latin palumbus.
Noun [edit]
աղաւնի • (aławni) (singular genitive աղաւնոյ or աղաւնւոյ, plural genitive աղաւնեաց)
Declension [edit]
o-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | աղաւնի (aławni) | աղաւնիք (aławnikʿ) | |
| genitive | աղաւնոյ (aławnoy) | աղաւնեաց (aławneacʿ) | |
| dative | աղաւնոյ (aławnoy) | աղաւնեաց (aławneacʿ) | |
| accusative | աղաւնի (aławni) | աղաւնիս (aławnis) | |
| accusative definite | զաղաւնի (załawni) | զաղաւնիս (załawnis) | |
| ablative | յաղաւնոյ (yaławnoy) | յաղաւնեաց (yaławneacʿ) | |
| instrumental | աղաւնեաւ (aławneaw) | աղաւնեաւք = աղաւնեօք (aławneawkʿ = aławneōkʿ) | |
| locative | յաղաւնի (yaławni) | յաղաւնիս (yaławnis) | |
| the genitive can also be աղաւնւոյ (aławnwoy) | |||
Usage notes [edit]
- This is the only Old Armenian word in which the diphthong աւ (aw) did not turn into օ before a consonant. This is probably because the word was pronounced *aɫawəni.
- The word has two combining forms: աղաւնե- and աղաւնա-.
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
- “աղաւնի” in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
- “աղաւնի” in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
- “աղաւնի” in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
- “aławni” in Hrach Martirosyan (2009), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Brill Academic Publishers)
