եղտիւր

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• աղտեւր (ałtewr), աղտիւր (ałtiwr), եղտեւր (ełtewr)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Martirosyan tentatively suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *sél-e/os- with Ancient Greek ἕλος (hélos, “marsh-meadow”) and Sanskrit सरस् (sáras-, “lake, pool”) as cognates.

Noun

եղտիւր • (ełtiwr)

1. marsh-meadow, swamp, moist or irrigated place

   Synonym: ճահիճ (čahič)

Declension

r/ł-type

	singular		plural
nominative	եղտիւր (ełtiwr)		եղտերք (ełterkʻ)
genitive	եղտեր (ełter)		եղտերաց (ełteracʻ)
dative	եղտեր (ełter)		եղտերաց (ełteracʻ)
accusative	եղտիւր (ełtiwr)		եղտերս (ełters)
ablative	եղտերէ (ełterē)		եղտերաց (ełteracʻ)
instrumental	եղտերբ (ełterb)		եղտերաւք = եղտերօք (ełterawkʻ = ełterōkʻ)
locative	եղտեր (ełter)		եղտերս (ełters)
an alternative plural genitive եղտիւրաց (ełtiwracʻ) is attested post-classically

Descendants

• → Armenian: եղտյուր (eġtyur)

References

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “եղտիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եղտիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եղտիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 253