բորենի
Armenian
բորենի
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian բորենի (boreni)
Declension
u-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բորենի (boreni) | բորենիներ (boreniner) | ||
| dative | բորենու (borenu) | բորենիների (borenineri) | ||
| ablative | բորենուց (borenucʿ) | բորենիներից (boreninericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | բորենով (borenov) | բորենիներով (boreninerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | բորենին (borenin) | բորենիները/բորենիներն (boreninerə/boreninern) | ||
| dative | բորենուն (borenun) | բորենիներին (boreninerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | բորենիս (borenis) | բորենիներս (boreniners) | ||
| dative | բորենուս (borenus) | բորենիներիս (borenineris) | ||
| ablative | բորենուցս (borenucʿs) | բորենիներիցս (boreninericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | բորենովս (borenovs) | բորենիներովս (boreninerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | բորենիդ (borenid) | բորենիներդ (boreninerd) | ||
| dative | բորենուդ (borenud) | բորենիներիդ (boreninerid) | ||
| ablative | բորենուցդ (borenucʿd) | բորենիներիցդ (boreninericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | բորենովդ (borenovd) | բորենիներովդ (boreninerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- բորեան (borean)
- բորէ (borē)
Etymology
According to Martirosyan, borrowed from Iranian *bōr- (“brown, multicoloured”) + -ենի (-eni, “fur/skin suffix”).[1] Compare Middle Persian bwl (bōr, “reddish-brown, bay, chestnut (horse)”), Northern Kurdish bor (“grey”), Persian بور (bur); see there for more. The original meaning of բորենի (boreni) may have been “fur of hyena”. See also բոր (bor), բորեկ (borek).
On the other hand, Ačaṙyan derives from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown”), whence Lithuanian bė́ras (“brown”), Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”), *berô (“bear”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”).[2][3]
Declension
o-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բորենի (boreni) | բորենիք (borenikʿ) | |
| genitive | բորենւոյ (borenwoy) | բորենեաց (boreneacʿ) | |
| dative | բորենւոյ (borenwoy) | բորենեաց (boreneacʿ) | |
| accusative | բորենի (boreni) | բորենիս (borenis) | |
| ablative | բորենւոյ (borenwoy) | բորենեաց (boreneacʿ) | |
| instrumental | բորենեաւ (boreneaw) | բորենեաւք = բորենեօք (boreneawkʿ = boreneōkʿ) | |
| locative | բորենի (boreni) | բորենիս (borenis) |
Descendants
- Armenian: բորենի (boreni)
References
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 189
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բորենի”, 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
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բորենի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բորենի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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