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արեգ

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See also: Արեգ

Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian արեգ (areg).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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արեգ (areg)

  1. (rare, poetic) the sun
    Synonyms: արև (arew), արեգակ (aregak)
  2. (historical, sometimes capitalized) the eighth month of the Armenian calendar

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative արեգ (areg)
dative արեգի (aregi)
ablative արեգից (aregicʻ)
instrumental արեգով (aregov)
locative արեգում (aregum)
definite forms
nominative արեգը/արեգն (aregə/aregn)
dative արեգին (aregin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative արեգս (aregs)
dative արեգիս (aregis)
ablative արեգիցս (aregicʻs)
instrumental արեգովս (aregovs)
locative արեգումս (aregums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative արեգդ (aregd)
dative արեգիդ (aregid)
ablative արեգիցդ (aregicʻd)
instrumental արեգովդ (aregovd)
locative արեգումդ (aregumd)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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A prehistoric genitive of արև (arew), going back to Proto-Armenian *areg-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rewyós, the genitive of *h₂réw-is (sun, sunshine) (whence the nominative արև (arew)), from *h₂rew-.

Adjective

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արեգ (areg)

  1. solar, sun's
    Արեգ քաղաքAreg kʻałakʻcity of the Sun, Heliopolis
  2. eastern
    ի յարեգ կուսէi yareg kusēfrom the eastern side
    արեգ դուռնareg duṙnthe eastern gate

Usage notes

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Has the combining forms արեգ- (areg-) and արեգ-ն-ա- (areg-n-a-).

Derived terms

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Noun

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արեգ (areg)

  1. the eighth month of the Armenian calendar

Descendants

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  • Armenian: արեգ (areg) (learned)
  • ? Old Georgian: იგრიკაჲ (igriḳay)

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արեգ”, 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) “արեգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*areg-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 135
  • 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, pages 109–110