լիսեռն

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps connected with սեռն (seṙn, “axle”), which is a Semitic borrowing.

Noun

լիսեռն • (liseṙn)

1. (anatomy) shinbone, tibia
2. (anatomy) vertebra
3. (anatomy) kneecap
4. spindle whorl

Declension

n-type

	singular		plural
nominative	լիսեռն (liseṙn)		լիսռունք (lisṙunkʻ)
genitive	լիսռան (lisṙan)		լիսռանց (lisṙancʻ)
dative	լիսռան (lisṙan)		լիսռանց (lisṙancʻ)
accusative	լիսեռն (liseṙn)		լիսռունս (lisṙuns)
ablative	լիսռանէ (lisṙanē)		լիսռանց (lisṙancʻ)
instrumental	լիսռամբ (lisṙamb)		լիսռամբք (lisṙambkʻ)
locative	լիսռան (lisṙan)		լիսռունս (lisṙuns)

n-type

	singular		plural
nominative	լիսեռն (liseṙn)		լիսեռունք (liseṙunkʻ)
genitive	լիսեռան (liseṙan)		լիսեռանց (liseṙancʻ)
dative	լիսեռան (liseṙan)		լիսեռանց (liseṙancʻ)
accusative	լիսեռն (liseṙn)		լիսեռունս (liseṙuns)
ablative	լիսեռանէ (liseṙanē)		լիսեռանց (liseṙancʻ)
instrumental	լիսեռամբ (liseṙamb)		լիսեռամբք (liseṙambkʻ)
locative	լիսեռան (liseṙan)		լիսեռունս (liseṙuns)

Derived terms

• լիսեռնաձեւ (liseṙnajew)
• լիսեռնիկ (liseṙnik)

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: լսեռ (lseṙ)
• Armenian: լիսեռ (liseṙ), լսառ (lsaṙ)
  • → Turkish: liser, lizar

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լիսեռն”, 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, page 285ab
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լիսեռն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Bläsing, Uwe (1995) Armenisch-Türkisch. Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 4) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 89–90
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 46, pages 249–250
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎^[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 444, suspects an Urartian origin
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “լիսեռն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 298a
• Lidén, Evald (1906) Armenische Studien (in German), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, page 131
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “լիսեռն”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎^[3], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, pages 260–261
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լիսեռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy