անիծ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Armenian անիծ (anic).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

անիծ (anic)

  1. nit, louse egg

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *-níd- (nit). Cognates include Ancient Greek κονίς (konís), Albanian thëni, Russian гни́да (gnída) and Old English hnitu (English nit).[1][2][3] The precise reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European form remains problematic.

Noun[edit]

անիծ (anic)

  1. nit, louse egg

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: անիծ (anic)

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) “անիծ”, 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) “anic”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 86

Further reading[edit]

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