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ասր

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ասր (asr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ասր (asr) (archaic)

  1. cleaned white wool of a sheep, fine fleece
    Synonym: բուրդ (burd)

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ասր (asr) ասրեր (asrer)
dative ասրի (asri) ասրերի (asreri)
ablative ասրից (asricʻ) ասրերից (asrericʻ)
instrumental ասրով (asrov) ասրերով (asrerov)
locative ասրում (asrum) ասրերում (asrerum)
definite forms
nominative ասրը/ասրն (asrə/asrn) ասրերը/ասրերն (asrerə/asrern)
dative ասրին (asrin) ասրերին (asrerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ասրս (asrs) ասրերս (asrers)
dative ասրիս (asris) ասրերիս (asreris)
ablative ասրիցս (asricʻs) ասրերիցս (asrericʻs)
instrumental ասրովս (asrovs) ասրերովս (asrerovs)
locative ասրումս (asrums) ասրերումս (asrerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ասրդ (asrd) ասրերդ (asrerd)
dative ասրիդ (asrid) ասրերիդ (asrerid)
ablative ասրիցդ (asricʻd) ասրերիցդ (asrericʻd)
instrumental ասրովդ (asrovd) ասրերովդ (asrerovd)
locative ասրումդ (asrumd) ասրերումդ (asrerumd)

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The stem is ասու- (asu-), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (livestock).[1][2][3]

Noun

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ասր (asr)

  1. fleece, wool

Usage notes

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The word has two combining forms, the original ասու- (asu-) and later ասր- (asr-).

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ասր (asr) (learned)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ասր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 122

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ասր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ասր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy