Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian առու (aṙu).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

առու (aṙu)

  1. brook
  2. irrigation ditch, trench
    Synonym: (dialectal) արխ (arx)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

With prothetic ա- (a-) from Proto-Indo-European *sr(o)u-y-o/eh₂- or *sru-ti- or *sru-to- or *srowtos-, from *srew-.[1][2][3]

Noun edit

առու (aṙu)

  1. brook, tributary
    հեղուլ՝ հոսել առուս արտասուացhełul, hosel aṙus artasuacʻto shed tears profusely
  2. channel
  3. ditch, trench, furrow, passage

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: առու (aṙu)
  • Georgian: რუ (ru), რუვი (ruvi)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առու”, 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) “aṙu”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 114

Further reading edit

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