Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian լու (lu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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լու (lu)

  1. flea
    լվից ուղտ շինելlvicʻ uġt šinelto make a mountain out of a molehill (literally, “to make a camel out of a flea”)

Declension

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i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative լու (lu) լվեր (lver)
dative լվի (lvi) լվերի (lveri)
ablative լվից (lvicʻ) լվերից (lvericʻ)
instrumental լվով (lvov) լվերով (lverov)
locative
definite forms
nominative լուն (lun) լվերը/լվերն (lverə/lvern)
dative լվին (lvin) լվերին (lverin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative լուս (lus) լվերս (lvers)
dative լվիս (lvis) լվերիս (lveris)
ablative լվիցս (lvicʻs) լվերիցս (lvericʻs)
instrumental լվովս (lvovs) լվերովս (lverovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative լուդ (lud) լվերդ (lverd)
dative լվիդ (lvid) լվերիդ (lverid)
ablative լվիցդ (lvicʻd) լվերիցդ (lvericʻd)
instrumental լվովդ (lvovd) լվերովդ (lverovd)
locative

Old Armenian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *pluso- (flea).

Noun

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լու (lu)

  1. flea
    մաքրել, որոնել զլուսmakʻrel, oronel zlusto flea, to clear from fleas
    խայթուած լուոյxaytʻuac luoyflea-bite, flea-biting
    խայթեալ ի լուոյxaytʻeal i luoyflea-bitten
  2. a kind of a sea fish
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Armenian: լու (lu)

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós, from *ḱlew- (to hear). Related to լսեմ (lsem).

Noun

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լու (lu) indeclinable

  1. the hearing, the act of hearing
    լու առնելlu aṙnelto make known, to bring intelligence, to announce, to publish, to divulgate, to spread the news
    լու լինելlu linelto be heard of, to be announced, to be made known, to be published, promulgated
    լու եղեն բանք նորաlu ełen bankʻ norahis words were heard
    լու ի լուlu i lupublicly, in presence, in the hearing of
    եւ ասէ ցնոսա՝ ինձ լու ի լուew asē cʻnosa, inj lu i luhe told them in my hearing
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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page լսեմ
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 315