անհուն

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian անհուն (anhun).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

անհուն (anhun) (superlative ամենաանհուն)

  1. bottomless
    անհուն ծովanhun covbottomless sea
  2. (figuratively) infinite, limitless
    անհուն սերanhun serlimitless love

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ան- (an-) +‎ հուն (hun).

Adjective[edit]

անհուն (anhun)

  1. unfordable, impassable, inaccessible
  2. bottomless
  3. broad, wide
  4. infinite, endless, countless

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

անհուն (anhun)

  1. infinitely, limitlessly, without restraint

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: անհուն (anhun)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “անհուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անհուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 422