Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian սեռ (seṙ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

սեռ (seṙ)

  1. sex, gender
  2. class, sort, kind, genus, variety
  3. (grammar) gender
  4. (grammar) voice, gender of verbs

Declension edit

Hyponyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From the same Proto-Indo-European root as սեր (ser, kind, race, species).

Noun edit

սեռ (seṙ)

  1. kind, species, race, generation
    սեռ եւ տեսակseṙ ew tesakthe genus and the species
    մարդկային սեռmardkayin seṙmankind
    հայկական սեռhaykakan seṙthe Armenian nation
  2. nature, complexion
  3. (grammar) gender
  4. (grammar) voice of verbs

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սեռ (seṙ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սեռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սեռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press