Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin is unknown.

Noun

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ստուեր (stuer)

  1. shadow, shade
    Synonym: շուք (šukʻ)
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 24.17:[1]
      Եթե միանգամայն առաւաւտ նոցա ի ստուերս մահու է․ եթե ի միտ առնուցու զխռովութիւն ստուերաց մահու։
      Etʻe miangamayn aṙawawt nocʻa i stuers mahu ē; etʻe i mit aṙnucʻu zxṙovutʻiwn stueracʻ mahu.
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        that all at once the morning is in death's shadow to them, that he will recognize the trouble of death's shadow.

Usage notes

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Was already extinct by the 10th century and replaced by շուք (šukʻ).

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ստվեր (stver)

References

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  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, pages 170–171

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ստուեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 280a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ստուեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ստուեր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 696b
  • Karst, Josef (1948) Mythologie arméno-caucasienne et hétito-asianique (in French), Strasbourg, Zurich: Editions P. H. Heitz, page 348
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2008) Studies in Armenian etymology : with special emphasis on dialects and culture Indo-European heritage (Doctoral thesis)[1], Leiden University, page 422
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 944
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ստուեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy