գրիւ

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (glyw' /⁠grīw⁠/, “a grain measure, modius, peck”). Arabic جَرِيب (jarīb) is from the same source.

Noun

գրիւ • (griw)

1. a grain measure

Declension

i-a-type

	singular	plural
nominative	գրիւ (griw)	գրիւք (griwkʻ)
genitive	գրուի (grui)	գրուաց (gruacʻ)
dative	գրուի (grui)	գրուաց (gruacʻ)
accusative	գրիւ (griw)	գրիւս (griws)
ablative	գրուէ (gruē)	գրուաց (gruacʻ)
instrumental	գրուաւ (gruaw)	գրուաւք = գրուօք (gruawkʻ = gruōkʻ)
locative	գրուի (grui)	գրիւս (griws)

Related terms

• գրուան (gruan)

Descendants

• → Armenian: գրիվ (griv)
• → Old Georgian: გრივი (grivi)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գրիւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գրիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գրիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy