մրջիւն
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- մրջիմն (mrǰimn)
Etymology
From earlier մրջիմն (mrǰimn), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *morw-. Cognate with Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx), Latin formica, Sanskrit वम्र (vamra), Persian مور (môr), Russian муравей (muravej).
Noun
մրջիւն • (mrǰiwn)
- ant
- մրջիւնք, կոյտ/բազմութիւն մրջեանց ― mrǰiwnkʻ, koyt/bazmutʻiwn mrǰeancʻ ― ant-hill, ant hillock
- հարսնուկ մրջեանց ― harsnuk mrǰeancʻ ― ant's eggs
Declension
n-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | մրջիւն (mrǰiwn) | մրջիւնք (mrǰiwnkʻ) | |
| genitive | մրջեան (mrǰean) | մրջեանց (mrǰeancʻ) | |
| dative | մրջեան (mrǰean) | մրջեանց (mrǰeancʻ) | |
| accusative | մրջիւն (mrǰiwn) | մրջիւնս (mrǰiwns) | |
| ablative | մրջենէ (mrǰenē) | մրջեանց (mrǰeancʻ) | |
| instrumental | մրջեամբ (mrǰeamb) | մրջեամբք (mrǰeambkʻ) | |
| locative | մրջեան (mrǰean) | մրջիւնս (mrǰiwns) | |
| the plural can be մրջեանք (mrǰeankʻ) | |||
Derived terms
- մրջեանառիւծ (mrǰeanaṙiwc)
- մրջիւնառիւծ (mrǰiwnaṙiwc)
- մրջիւնոց (mrǰiwnocʻ)
- մրջմնակեր (mrǰmnaker)
- մրջմնառիւծ (mrǰmnaṙiwc)
- մրջմնոց (mrǰmnocʻ)
- մրջնառիւծ (mrǰnaṙiwc)
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մրջիւն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մրջիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մրջիւն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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 483