Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian անդունդ (andund).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

անդունդ (andund)

  1. abyss, precipice, chasm

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥-bʰudʰno- (bottomless), composed of *n̥- (privative prefix) + *bʰudʰno- (bottom), from *bʰudʰmḗn.[1][2][3] For similar formations compare Russian без-дна (bez-dna), Ancient Greek ἄ-βυσσος (á-bussos), English bottom-less.

Noun edit

անդունդ (andund)

  1. abyss
  2. the infernal regions, hell, tartar

Usage notes edit

Classically always used in the plural: անդունդք (andundkʻ).

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: անդունդ (andund), անդունդք (andundkʻ)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անդունդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “andund-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 78

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անդունդք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անդունդք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy