Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian լուրթ (lurtʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

լուրթ (lurtʻ) (superlative ամենալուրթ)

  1. light blue

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

A by-form of լուրջ (lurǰ), probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱluH-d-ro-.

Adjective edit

լուրթ (lurtʻ)

  1. blue

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: լուրթ (lurtʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լուրթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լուրթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լուրթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 322

Further reading edit

  • Petersson, Herbert (1921) Studien über die indogermanische Heteroklisie [A treatise on the Indogermanic heteroclisis] (Skrifter utgivna av Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund; 1) (in German), Lund: Berlingska boktryckeriet, pages 138–139