պառաւ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *parrāw, from earlier *parnāw. Compare Persian پاراو (pârâv, “old woman”) and Classical Syriac ܦܪܢܘܫܐ (parnūšā, “decrepit old man”), an Iranian loanword.

Noun

պառաւ • (paṙaw)

1. old woman, beldam
2. (as an adjective) old, aged

Declension

u-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	պառաւ (paṙaw)
genitive	պառաւու (paṙawu)
dative	պառաւու (paṙawu)
accusative	պառաւ (paṙaw)
ablative	պառաւուէ, պառաւէ (paṙawuē, paṙawē)
instrumental	պառաւու (paṙawu)
locative	պառաւու (paṙawu)
singulars follow u-type declension, but o-type singular genitive-dative պառաւոյ (paṙawoy) is also attested

n-type

	plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative	պառաւունք (paṙawunkʻ)
genitive	պառաւանց (paṙawancʻ)
dative	պառաւանց (paṙawancʻ)
accusative	պառաւունս (paṙawuns)
ablative	պառաւանց (paṙawancʻ)
instrumental	պառաւամբք (paṙawambkʻ)
locative	պառաւունս (paṙawuns)
plurals follow n-type declension

Derived terms

• պառաւական (paṙawakan)
• պառաւիմ (paṙawim)
• պառաւորդի (paṙawordi)
• պառաւութիւն (paṙawutʻiwn)

Descendants

• Armenian: պառավ (paṙav), պառաւ (paṙaw) — traditional orthography
  • → Northern Kurdish: parav

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պառաւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պառաւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պառաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 33