վաթսուն

ArmenianEdit

Armenian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : վաթսուն (vatʿsun)
    Ordinal : վաթսուներորդ (vatʿsunerord)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Armenian վաթսուն (vatʿsun); see below.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

վաթսուն (vatʿsun)

  1. sixty

DeclensionEdit

Old ArmenianEdit

Old Armenian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : վաթսուն (vatʿsun)
    Ordinal : վաթսներորդ (vatʿsnerord)

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs(d)ḱomt. The -ա- (-a-) instead of the expected -ե- (-e-) (compare վեց (vecʿ, six)) is probably explained by a zero-grade form taken from the ordinal.

NumeralEdit

վաթսուն (vatʿsun)

  1. sixty

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Armenian: վաթսուն (vatʿsun)

Further readingEdit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “վաթսուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “վաթսուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 590–591
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “վաթսուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy