բոյն
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH-no-, from *bʰewH- (“to be; to grow”).
Noun
բոյն • (boyn)
- nest of a bird
- բոյն դնել, կառուցանել ― boyn dnel, kaṙucʻanel ― to nestle, to make one's nest
- հանել ի բունոյ ― hanel i bunoy ― to take out of the nest
- (by extension) den, lair, kennel, burrow, hole of other animals
- hut, shack of a human
- niche, hole
Declension
o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բոյն (boyn) | բոյնք (boynkʻ) | |
| genitive | բունոյ (bunoy) | բունոց (bunocʻ) | |
| dative | բունոյ (bunoy) | բունոց (bunocʻ) | |
| accusative | բոյն (boyn) | բոյնս (boyns) | |
| ablative | բունոյ (bunoy) | բունոց (bunocʻ) | |
| instrumental | բունով (bunov) | բունովք (bunovkʻ) | |
| locative | բոյն (boyn) | բոյնս (boyns) | |
| the singular locative can be բունի (buni), the singular ablative can be բունէ (bunē) | |||
Derived terms
- աղբաբոյն (ałbaboyn)
- բունանամ (bunanam)
- բունաւորիմ (bunaworim)
- բունեմ (bunem)
- բունիկ (bunik)
- բունիմ (bunim)
- բունկէն (bunkēn)
- մեղուաբոյն (mełuaboyn)
Descendants
- Armenian: բույն (buyn), բուն (bun)
- → Bats: ბენ (ben)
- → Chechen: бен (ben)
- → Ingush: бӏи (bˀi)
- ⇒ Old Armenian: *բունակ (*bunak)
- → Georgian: ბუნაგი (bunagi)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բոյն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բոյն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բոյն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “բոյն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 187