հուն
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Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Armenian հուն (hun), from Old Armenian հուն (hun), from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /hun/, [hun]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /hun/, [hun]
Noun
[edit]հուն • (hun)
- ford, shallow
- Հունը չգիտցած գետը մտնել։ ― Hunə čʻgitcʻac getə mtnel. ― To enter the river not knowing the ford.
- riverbed
- dried riverbed
- bottom of the sea, lake or river
- way, direction, course
- հունի մեջ դնել ― huni meǰ dnel ― to put into the right order or course, to give an adequate course or direction
- հունի մեջ ընկնել ― huni meǰ ənknel ― to fall onto the right direction, to begin with an ordered work
- հունից հանել ― hunicʻ hanel ― to take out of the right order
- (dialectal) top
- հուն ելնել ― hun elnel ― to vanquish, to surmount (literally, to come up to the top)
Declension
[edit] i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular | plural | |||
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nominative | հուն (hun) | հուներ (huner) | ||
dative | հունի (huni) | հուների (huneri) | ||
ablative | հունից (hunicʻ) | հուներից (hunericʻ) | ||
instrumental | հունով (hunov) | հուներով (hunerov) | ||
locative | հունում (hunum) | հուներում (hunerum) | ||
definite forms | ||||
nominative | հունը/հունն (hunə/hunn) | հուները/հուներն (hunerə/hunern) | ||
dative | հունին (hunin) | հուներին (hunerin) | ||
1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
nominative | հունս (huns) | հուներս (huners) | ||
dative | հունիս (hunis) | հուներիս (huneris) | ||
ablative | հունիցս (hunicʻs) | հուներիցս (hunericʻs) | ||
instrumental | հունովս (hunovs) | հուներովս (hunerovs) | ||
locative | հունումս (hunums) | հուներումս (hunerums) | ||
2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
nominative | հունդ (hund) | հուներդ (hunerd) | ||
dative | հունիդ (hunid) | հուներիդ (hunerid) | ||
ablative | հունիցդ (hunicʻd) | հուներիցդ (hunericʻd) | ||
instrumental | հունովդ (hunovd) | հուներովդ (hunerovd) | ||
locative | հունումդ (hunumd) | հուներումդ (hunerumd) |
References
[edit]- “հուն”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 424
Middle Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Armenian հուն (hun), from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s.
Noun
[edit]հուն • (hun)
- way, direction, course
- ի հուն ելնել ― i hun elnel ― to come to one's senses, to come to reason
- ի հուն հանել ― i hun hanel ― to bring to reason, to bring to senses
- limit, border, end
- top
- ի հուն ելանել ― i hun elanel ― to cope with, succeed in, to come up to the top, to a successful accomplishment
- ի հուն հանել ― i hun hanel ― to cause to succeed
Derived terms
[edit]- ըստհուն (əsthun)
- հունաւոր (hunawor)
- հունել (hunel)
- ներհուն (nerhun)
- ներհունանամ (nerhunanam)
- ներհունութիւն (nerhunutʻiwn)
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: հուն (hun)
References
[edit]- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ի հուն ելնել”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s. See also Georgian ფონი (poni).
Noun
[edit]հուն • (hun)
Usage notes
[edit]In the compound անհուն (anhun) the word also means ‘bottom, base’. For the sense development compare Latin vadum (“shallow, ford; bottom of the sea”).
Declension
[edit]i-type
Derived terms
[edit]- անհուն (anhun)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 122–123
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 468–469
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 422
- Meillet, Antoine (1892) “Notes de phonétique”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 7, page 161 of 161–167
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 71
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