թիթեռն
Armenian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Armenian թիթեռն (tʿitʿeṙn); see it for more.
Noun edit
թիթեռն • (tʿitʿeṙn)
Old Armenian edit
Alternative forms edit
- թիթեղն (tʿitʿełn)
Etymology edit
Reduplication on the basis of *թեր- (*tʿer-), from Proto-Indo-European *pter- (“feather; wing”).
Noun edit
թիթեռն • (tʿitʿeṙn)
- butterfly
- փոխարկիլ ի թիթեռն ― pʿoxarkil i tʿitʿeṙn ― to become a butterfly
Declension edit
n-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | թիթեռն (tʿitʿeṙn) | թիթռունք (tʿitʿṙunkʿ) | |
| genitive | թիթռան (tʿitʿṙan) | թիթռանց (tʿitʿṙancʿ) | |
| dative | թիթռան (tʿitʿṙan) | թիթռանց (tʿitʿṙancʿ) | |
| accusative | թիթեռն (tʿitʿeṙn) | թիթռունս (tʿitʿṙuns) | |
| ablative | թիթռանէ (tʿitʿṙanē) | թիթռանց (tʿitʿṙancʿ) | |
| instrumental | թիթռամբ (tʿitʿṙamb) | թիթռամբք (tʿitʿṙambkʿ) | |
| locative | թիթռան (tʿitʿṙan) | թիթռունս (tʿitʿṙuns) |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “թիթեռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “թիթեռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 291