արդն
Old Armenian
Etymology
Uncertain.
De Lagarde connects with Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “point of an arrow”). This not accepted by Hübschmann (who also adds the comparison with Old Irish aird (“point, direction”)) and Ačaṙyan because *արտ (*art) would have been expected for Armenian.
Pokorny and J̌ahukyan (with reservation) derive from Proto-Indo-European *ardʰ- (“pole, rod”), with Lithuanian ar̃das (“pole scaffold for drying flax”), ar̃damas (“pole which crosses the sail diagonally”) as cognates, an idea going back to Petersson.
Ačaṙyan rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open.
Ałayan derives with prothetic ա- (a-) from the zero-grade of the Proto-Indo-European root *reh₁t- (“pole, beam, trunk; beam structure”).
Noun
արդն • (ardn)
Usage notes
In the Bible, translates Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis), δόρυ (dóru) and λόγχη (lónkhē).
Declension
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | արդն (ardn) | արդունք (ardunkʿ) | |
| genitive | արդեան (ardean) | արդեանց (ardeancʿ) | |
| dative | արդեան (ardean) | արդեանց (ardeancʿ) | |
| accusative | արդն (ardn) | արդունս (arduns) | |
| ablative | արդեանէ (ardeanē) | արդեանց (ardeancʿ) | |
| instrumental | արդեամբ (ardeamb) | արդեամբք (ardeambkʿ) | |
| locative | արդեան (ardean) | արդունս (arduns) | |
| reconstructed on the basis of attested nominative plural արդունք (ardunkʿ) and genitive plural արդեանց (ardeancʿ) | |||
Derived terms
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References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “արդն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “արդն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- de Lagarde, Paul (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, page 167
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1883) Armenische Studien. 1/1. Grundzüge der armenischen Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 11
- Petersson, Herbert (1916), “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 47, issue 3/4, page 245
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “արդն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 309–310
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “rēt-, rōt-, rət-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 866
- Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 31–34
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “արդն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 88b