աղիւս
Old Armenian
Etymology
As noticed by Hrach Martirosyan, clearly related to Hurrian 𒀀𒈜𒋾 (a-lib-ti /alipši/, “brick”).[1] The Hurrian word is highly likely to be borrowed from Akkadian 𒋞 (SIG4 /libittu/).[2] Note also Ancient Greek ἄλιψ (álips, “rock”) attested by Hesychius.
Noun
աղիւս • (ałiws)
Declension
o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | աղիւս (ałiws) | աղիւսք (ałiwskʻ) | |
| genitive | աղիւսոյ (ałiwsoy) | աղիւսոց (ałiwsocʻ) | |
| dative | աղիւսոյ (ałiwsoy) | աղիւսոց (ałiwsocʻ) | |
| accusative | աղիւս (ałiws) | աղիւսս (ałiwss) | |
| ablative | աղիւսոյ (ałiwsoy) | աղիւսոց (ałiwsocʻ) | |
| instrumental | աղիւսով (ałiwsov) | աղիւսովք (ałiwsovkʻ) | |
| locative | աղիւս (ałiws) | աղիւսս (ałiwss) |
Derived terms
- աղիւսագործութիւն (ałiwsagorcutʻiwn)
- աղիւսադուռն (ałiwsaduṙn)
- աղիւսաթիւ (ałiwsatʻiw)
- աղիւսակ (ałiwsak)
- աղիւսաձեւ (ałiwsajew)
- աղիւսայք (ałiwsaykʻ)
- աղիւսանման (ałiwsanman)
- աղիւսաշար (ałiwsašar)
- աղիւսաշէն (ałiwsašēn)
- աղիւսարկ (ałiwsark)
- աղիւսարկութիւն (ałiwsarkutʻiwn)
- աղիւսեայ (ałiwseay)
- աղիւսեայք (ałiwseaykʻ)
Descendants
- Armenian: աղյուս (aġyus), օղիս (ōġis), օղես (ōġes), աղոս (aġos), ուղիս (uġis) — dialectal
- → Persian: آخیز (âxiz)
- Middle Armenian: աղոյս (aġoys)
- → Old Georgian: ალიზი (alizi)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աղիւս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 130–131
- Asatryan, Gaṙnik (1990) “Ardyokʻ ka?n haykakan pʻoxaṙutʻyunner nor parskerenum [Are There Armenian Borrowings in New Persian?]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal][3] (in Armenian), number 3, page 142 of 139–144
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “աղիւս”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 950
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղիւս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
References
- ^ Yakubovich, Ilya (2016) “Review of Bibliographisches Glossar des Hurritischen by Thomas Richter”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[1], volume 136, number 1, page 181 of 179–183
- ^ Fournet, Arnaud (2013) “About the Vocalic System of Armenian Words of Substratic Origin”, in Archív Orientalni[2], volume 81, number 2, page 4 of 207–222