անդի

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• անդեայ (andeay)

Etymology

According to J̌ahukyan, who develops the etymology proposed in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui, from անդ (and, “cornfield, arable field”) +‎ -ի (-i). For the structure he compares վայր (vayr, “field, uncultivated grounds”) → վայրի (vayri, “wild”).

Noun

անդի • (andi)

1. cattle
2. cattle herd

Declension

o-type

	singular		plural
nominative	անդի (andi)		անդիք (andikʻ)
genitive	անդւոյ (andwoy)		անդւոց (andwocʻ)
dative	անդւոյ (andwoy)		անդւոց (andwocʻ)
accusative	անդի (andi)		անդիս (andis)
ablative	անդւոյ (andwoy)		անդւոց (andwocʻ)
instrumental	անդւով (andwov)		անդւովք (andwovkʻ)
locative	անդի (andi)		անդիս (andis)

Derived terms

• անդէորդ (andēord)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անդի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անդի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անդի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎^[1] (in Armenian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 89
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “andi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 77