մալ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mal"
Armenian
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Armenian մալ (mal).
Pronunciation
edit- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /mɑl/, [mɑl]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /mɑl/, [mɑl]
Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)
Noun
editմալ • (mal)
Declension
editi-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
nominative | մալ (mal) | մալեր (maler) | ||
dative | մալի (mali) | մալերի (maleri) | ||
ablative | մալից (malicʻ) | մալերից (malericʻ) | ||
instrumental | մալով (malov) | մալերով (malerov) | ||
locative | մալում (malum) | մալերում (malerum) | ||
definite forms | ||||
nominative | մալը/մալն (malə/maln) | մալերը/մալերն (malerə/malern) | ||
dative | մալին (malin) | մալերին (malerin) | ||
1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
nominative | մալս (mals) | մալերս (malers) | ||
dative | մալիս (malis) | մալերիս (maleris) | ||
ablative | մալիցս (malicʻs) | մալերիցս (malericʻs) | ||
instrumental | մալովս (malovs) | մալերովս (malerovs) | ||
locative | մալումս (malums) | մալերումս (malerums) | ||
2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
nominative | մալդ (mald) | մալերդ (malerd) | ||
dative | մալիդ (malid) | մալերիդ (malerid) | ||
ablative | մալիցդ (malicʻd) | մալերիցդ (malericʻd) | ||
instrumental | մալովդ (malovd) | մալերովդ (malerovd) | ||
locative | մալումդ (malumd) | մալերումդ (malerumd) |
Middle Armenian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Armenian մալ (mal). Doublet of մալ (mal, “tax levied on cattle”).
Noun
editմալ • (mal), genitive singular մալի (mali)
Descendants
edit- Armenian: մալ (mal)
Etymology 2
editFrom Tatar мал (mal, “kind of tax levied on cattle”), from Arabic مَال (māl). Georgian მალი (mali, “money tax”) is of the same origin. Doublet of մալ (mal, “property; cattle”).
Noun
editմալ • (mal), genitive singular մալի (mali)
- a kind of tax levied on cattle
References
edit- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “մալ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Old Armenian
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic مَال (māl, “property”).
Noun
editմալ • (mal)
Usage notes
editThe meaning ‘ram’ or ‘sheep’ cited in some works is conditioned by the wrong etymological association with Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”). The dialectal evidence clearly points to ‘cattle’.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 443
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