աղուէս
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- աղուվէս (ałuvēs)
Etymology
Related to Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”), Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśá), Persian روباه (rubâh)), possibly also to Proto-Celtic *loɸernos, Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬋𐬞𐬌 (raōpi), Latin vulpēs (“fox”), Lithuanian lãpė, and either inherited from Proto-Indo-European[1][2] or of non-Indo-European substrate origin[3].
Declension
u-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | աղուէս (ałuēs) | աղուէսք (ałuēskʿ) | |
| genitive | աղուեսու (ałuesu) | աղուեսուց (ałuesucʿ) | |
| dative | աղուեսու (ałuesu) | աղուեսուց (ałuesucʿ) | |
| accusative | աղուէս (ałuēs) | աղուէսս (ałuēss) | |
| ablative | աղուեսէ (ałuesē) | աղուեսուց (ałuesucʿ) | |
| instrumental | աղուեսու (ałuesu) | աղուեսուք (ałuesukʿ) | |
| locative | աղուեսու (ałuesu) | աղուէսս (ałuēss) | |
| the nominative plural can be n-type աղուեսունք (ałuesunkʿ), and the accusative/locative plural can be n-type աղուեսունս (ałuesuns) the genitive/dative singular can also be o-type աղուեսոյ (ałuesoy) | |||
Derived terms
- աղուեսադրոշմ (ałuesadrošm)
- աղուեսախարան (ałuesaxaran)
- աղուեսակերպ (ałuesakerp)
- աղուեսաձուք (ałuesajukʿ)
- աղուեսացաւ (ałuesacʿaw)
- աղուեսաքուն (ałuesakʿun)
- աղուեսենի (ałueseni)
- աղուեսուկ (ałuesuk)
- գիշերաղուէս (gišerałuēs)
Descendants
- Armenian: աղվես (ałves)
References
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աղուէս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aɫuēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 42
Further reading
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աղուէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աղուէս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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