Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian լինդ (lind); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

լինդ (lind)

  1. gum (the flesh round the teeth)

Declension edit

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Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-, with a semantic shift "fleshy part" → "gum". Cognate with Latin lumbus, German Lende, Russian лядвея (ljadveja).

Noun edit

լինդ (lind)

  1. gum (the flesh round the teeth)
    ցաւել լնդացcʻawel lndacʻto have sore gums

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: լինդ (lind)

References edit

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