արշալուրշ
Old Armenian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- աշալոյս (ašaloys), աշալուշ (ašaluš), աշալուշս (ašalušs), աշալուջ (ašaluǰ), աշալուս (ašalus), աշալուրշ (ašalurš), աշալուրջ (ašalurǰ), աջալուրջ (aǰalurǰ), աչալուրջ (ačʻalurǰ), արշալուշ (aršaluš)
Etymology[edit]
From *արշալուրջ (*aršalurǰ). The second part is լուրջ (lurǰ, “half-dark”). The first part is probably an Iranian borrowing; compare Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬱𐬀 (auruša, “white”), Sanskrit अरुष (aruṣá, “reddish, light red, glowing, fire-coloured”) and the Old Armenian loanword Արուսեակ (Aruseak). Alternatively, the first part is from արջն (arǰn, “black; dark”). The forms ending in -լոյս (-loys) were modified folk-etymologically under the influence of լոյս (loys).
Noun[edit]
արշալուրշ • (aršalurš) indeclinable
- the last part of the night which is followed by the dawn, probably twilight
Usage notes[edit]
Classically always used in the plural, արշալուրշք (aršalurškʻ), and with the preposition ընդ (ənd). Usually undeclined, but the following form are attested: աչալրջացն (ačʻalrǰacʻn), աչալրջոցն (ačʻalrǰocʻn), աշալրջոցն (ašalrǰocʻn), աջալրջոցն (aǰalrǰocʻn), աջալջուցն (aǰalǰucʻn).
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արշալոյս”, 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) “aršalurš-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 142