Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ուս (us).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ուս (us)

  1. shoulder

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsos.

Noun edit

ուս (us)

  1. shoulder
    ուս շինուածոցus šinuacocʻwing of a building
    զուսովք արկանելzusovkʻ arkanelto put on one's back
    ելանել ի յուս երիվարիelanel i yus erivarito ride, to mount, on horse-back
    ուս դնելus dnelto become stiff-necked, obstinate
    բարձր ուսովք չափ ի վերbarjr usovkʻ čʻapʻ i vertaller by a head and shoulders
  2. (figuratively) mountain slope
  3. (figuratively) hill

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ուս (us)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ուս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ուս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ուս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press