արոյր
Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Median *arōδ, from Proto-Iranian *rawdiš (“copper; bronze”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫡𐫇𐫔 (rwδ /rōδ/), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwd /rōy/), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫡𐫇𐫏 (rwy /rōy/), Persian روی (rōy, “antimony, copper”), Baluchi رود (rōd, “copper”) and Sogdian 𐫡𐫇𐫔 (rwδ /rōδ/, “copper”).
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | արոյր (aroyr) | արոյրք (aroyrkʿ) | |
| genitive | արուրի (aruri) | ? (?) | |
| dative | արուրի (aruri) | ? (?) | |
| accusative | արոյր (aroyr) | արոյրս (aroyrs) | |
| ablative | արուրէ (arurē) | ? (?) | |
| instrumental | ? (?) | ? (?) | |
| locative | արուրի (aruri) | արոյրս (aroyrs) | |
| the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension | |||
Derived terms
- արուրի (aruri)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “արոյր”, 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
- Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1749–1769), “արոյր”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Perixanjan, Anait (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 8
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