ենթա-
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Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Armenian ենթա- (entʻa-).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [jenˈtʰɑ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [jenˈtʰɑ]
Prefix[edit]
ենթա- • (entʻa-)
Derived terms[edit]
Old Armenian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adapted by the Hellenizing School from ընդ (ənd) + -ա- (-a-).[1] The spelling ընթա- (əntʻa-) reflects an intermediate form.[1]
Prefix[edit]
ենթա- • (entʻa-) (Hellenizing School)
Usage notes[edit]
Used post-classically to calque Ancient Greek words prefixed with ὑπο- (hupo-), e.g. ենթադրեմ (entʻadrem) = ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi), ենթածեմ (entʻacem) = ὑπάγω (hupágō), ենթամնամ (entʻamnam) = ὑπομένω (hupoménō), ենթալուսնեայ (entʻalusneay) = ὑποσελήνιος (huposelḗnios), ենթակայ (entʻakay) = ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis).[1]
Derived terms[edit]
Category Old Armenian terms prefixed with ենթ- not found
Category Old Armenian terms prefixed with ընթա- not found
Descendants[edit]
- Armenian: ենթա- (entʻa-)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ենթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 26–27
Further reading[edit]
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ենթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 658b
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ենթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 157a