Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The original spelling is արտաւսր (artawsr), from *արտաւր (*artawr), from Proto-Indo-European *draḱru-, whose plural yielded արտասուք (artasukʻ); the singular *արտաւր (*artawr) seems to have adopted the -ս- (-s-) of the plural.[1][2][3]

Noun

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արտօսր (artōsr) indeclinable

  1. tear

Usage notes

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: արտոսր (artosr)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արտօսր”, 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) “artawsr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 147

Further reading

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