Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian սեռ (seṙ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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սեռ (seṙ)

  1. sex, gender
  2. class, sort, kind, genus, variety
  3. (grammar) gender
  4. (grammar) voice, gender of verbs

Declension

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Hyponyms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From the same Proto-Indo-European root as սեր (ser, kind, race, species).

Noun

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սեռ (seṙ)

  1. kind, species, race, generation
    սեռ եւ տեսակseṙ ew tesakthe genus and the species
    մարդկային սեռmardkayin seṙmankind
    հայկական սեռhaykakan seṙthe Armenian nation
  2. nature, complexion
  3. (grammar) gender
  4. (grammar) voice of verbs

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սեռ (seṙ)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սեռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սեռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press