ենթա-
Armenian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Armenian ենթա- (entʻa-).
Pronunciation
edit- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /jenˈtʰɑ/, [jentʰɑ́]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /jenˈtɑ/, [jentʰɑ́]
Prefix
editենթա- • (entʻa-)
Derived terms
editOld Armenian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAdapted by the Hellenizing School from ընդ (ənd) + -ա- (-a-).[1] The spelling ընթա- (əntʻa-) reflects an intermediate form.[1]
Prefix
editենթա- • (entʻa-) (Hellenizing School)
Usage notes
editUsed post-classically to calque Ancient Greek words prefixed with ὑπο- (hupo-), e.g. ենթադրեմ (entʻadrem) = ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi), ենթածեմ (entʻacem) = ὑπάγω (hupágō), ենթամնամ (entʻamnam) = ὑπομένω (hupoménō), ենթալուսնեայ (entʻalusneay) = ὑποσελήνιος (huposelḗnios), ենթակայ (entʻakay) = ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis).[1]
Derived terms
editCategory Old Armenian terms prefixed with ենթ- not found
Category Old Armenian terms prefixed with ընթա- not found
Descendants
edit- Armenian: ենթա- (entʻa-)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ենթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 26–27
Further reading
edit- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ենթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 658b
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ենթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 157a