նէր

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yenh₂tēr. Armenian presents phonological problems. The nominative ներ (ner) is analogical after the oblique ներ- (ner-).

Noun

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նէր (nēr)

  1. sister-in-law (husband’s brother’s wife)
  2. husband’s the other wife

Usage notes

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According to Martirosyan, although the evidence is not sufficient to reconstruct the original paradigm with safety, the attested forms seem to point to nominative singular նէր (nēr) vs. oblique ներ- (ner-). The following inflected forms are attested: accusative plural ներս (ners), i-type or i-a-type genitive-dative singular նիրի (niri) and ablative singular ներէ (nerē), o-type ablative singular ներոյ (neroy)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ներ (ner)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նէր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նէր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նէր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “nēr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 503
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 27-28