անալութ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A Semitic loan: compare Akkadian 𒁰𒈦𒆕 (/⁠nayyalu, nayālu, nālu⁠/, roe deer), secondarily derived from 𒁰𒈦 (ayyalu, ayālu) of the same meaning, descended from Proto-Semitic *ʔayyal- (stag), with the abstract marker 𒌓 (/⁠ūt⁠/).[1] A contamination with Hurrian [script needed] (na-a-li /⁠nāli⁠/, deer) might be the cause of the intrusive nasal initial found both in Akkadian and Armenian.[2]

Noun

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անալութ (analutʻ)

  1. a kind of deer, hind (probably fallow deer)
    • 5th century, Bible, Book of Deuteronomy 14.4–5:
      [] այս անասունք են զորս ուտիցէք․ արջառ եւ ոչխար ի հօտից, եւ նոխազ յայծեաց՝ զեղջերու եւ զայծեամն, եւ զգօմէշ եւ զխարբուզ եւ զայծքաղ եւ զյամոյր եւ զանալութ []
      [] ays anasunkʻ en zors uticʻēkʻ; arǰaṙ ew očʻxar i hōticʻ, ew noxaz yayceacʻ, zełǰeru ew zayceamn, ew zgōmēš ew zxarbuz ew zayckʻał ew zyamoyr ew zanalutʻ []
      [] these are the beasts which ye shall eat: the cattle and the sheep from the flock, and the he-goat from the goats, the hart, and the roebuck, and the buffalo, and the xarbuz, and the antelope, and the yamoyr, and the analutʿ []

Usage notes

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The meaning “giraffe”, which has been assumed on the basis of a Biblical attestation, has been misconstrued.

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Mkrtčjan, N. A. (2005) Семитские языки и армянский [Semitic Languages and Armenian]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Drazark, →ISBN, pages 257–258
  2. ^ Fournet, Arnaud (2013) “About the Vocalic System of Armenian Words of Substratic Origin”, in Archív Orientalni[2], volume 81, number 2, pages 207–222

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անալութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անալութ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “analut‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 65
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անալութ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy