Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սարսուռ (sarsuṙ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

սարսուռ (sarsuṙ)

  1. shiver, chill (due to cold, fear, etc.)
  2. spasm during the agony of death, death throe
  3. fear, terror
  4. (figuratively) ripple
  5. (figuratively) something that causes shivering or fear

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Originally a reduplication of *սառ- (*saṙ-), the root of սառն (saṙn, cold, frozen) (see there for more), with the development *սառսառ (*saṙsaṙ)սառսուռ (saṙsuṙ)սարսուռ (sarsuṙ).

Noun edit

սարսուռ (sarsuṙ)

  1. shiver, trembling, chill due to cold or fear

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սարսուռ (sarsuṙ) (learned)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1899) “Hayerēni bnajayn ew krknawor baṙerə (630 baṙi kʻnnutʻiwn) [Armenian onomatopoeic and reduplicative words (study of 630 words)]”, in Handes Amsorya[1] (in Armenian), volume 13, number 8, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 232b of 232–236
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սարսուռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 191b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սարսուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Aytənean, Arsēn (1866) Kʻnnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn ašxarhabar kam ardi hayerēn lezui. Kʻerakanutʻiwn [Critical Grammar of the Vernacular or Modern Armenian Language: Grammar], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 309
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1988) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri [Herald of the Social Sciences]‎[2] (in Armenian), number 11, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 74 of 69–75
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սարսուռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy