արջ
Armenian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian արջ (arǰ); see below.
Pronunciation
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- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɑɾt͡ʃʰ/, [ɑɾt͡ʃʰ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ɑɾt͡ʃ/, [ɑɾt͡ʃʰ]
Noun
արջ • (arǰ)
- bear
- սպիտակ արջ — polar bear
Declension
| i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | արջ (arǰ) | արջեր (arǰer) | ||
| dative | արջի (arǰi) | արջերի (arǰeri) | ||
| ablative | արջից (arǰicʻ) | արջերից (arǰericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | արջով (arǰov) | արջերով (arǰerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | արջը/արջն (arǰə/arǰn) | արջերը/արջերն (arǰerə/arǰern) | ||
| dative | արջին (arǰin) | արջերին (arǰerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | արջս (arǰs) | արջերս (arǰers) | ||
| dative | արջիս (arǰis) | արջերիս (arǰeris) | ||
| ablative | արջիցս (arǰicʻs) | արջերիցս (arǰericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | արջովս (arǰovs) | արջերովս (arǰerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | արջդ (arǰd) | արջերդ (arǰerd) | ||
| dative | արջիդ (arǰid) | արջերիդ (arǰerid) | ||
| ablative | արջիցդ (arǰicʻd) | արջերիցդ (arǰericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | արջովդ (arǰovd) | արջերովդ (arǰerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).[1][2][3] The troublesome -ջ- (-ǰ-) is probably to be explained by taboo or an influence of արջն (arǰn, “black”).[3]
Noun
արջ • (arǰ)
- bear
- արջ մատակ ― arǰ matak ― she-bear
- կորիւն արջու ― koriwn arǰu ― bear's cub
- (astronomy) Ursa
- Մեծ Արջ ― Mec Arǰ ― Ursa Major
- Փոքր Արջ ― Pʻokʻr Arǰ ― Ursa Minor
- carpenter's tool used in smoothing surfaces
Declension
o-type
u-type
i-type
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “arǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 143
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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