անդունդ

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian անդունդ (andund).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

անդունդ (andund)

  1. abyss, precipice, chasm

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥-bʰudʰno- (bottomless), composed of *n̥- (privative prefix) + *bʰudʰno- (bottom), from *bʰudʰmḗn.[1][2][3] For similar formations compare Russian без-дна (bez-dna), Ancient Greek ἄ-βυσσος (á-bussos), English bottom-less.

Noun[edit]

անդունդ (andund)

  1. abyss
  2. the infernal regions, hell, tartar

Usage notes[edit]

Classically always used in the plural: անդունդք (andundkʻ).

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: անդունդ (andund), անդունդք (andundkʻ)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անդունդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “andund-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 78

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անդունդք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անդունդք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy