Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian հու (hu).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հու (hu)

  1. (rare) purulent blood

Declension edit

References edit

  • Sukʿiasyan, A. M. (1967), “հու”, in Aġayan Ē. B., Sewak G. G., editors, Hayocʿ lezvi homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press
  • Čērēčean, Gnēl; Tōnikean, Pʿaramaz (1992), “հու”, in Hayocʿ lezui nor baṙaran [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 1276b

Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian هو (hu).

Noun edit

հու (hu)

  1. purulent blood

Usage notes edit

The word is a hapax legomenon.

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հու (hu)

References edit

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “հու”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հու”, 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, Matatʿeay (1879), “հու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “հու”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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 421