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արմուկն

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rH-mo- +‎ -ուկն (-ukn). Perhaps contaminated with մուկն (mukn, muscle). Cognate with Sanskrit ईर्म (īrma), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Ossetian арм (arm), Latin armus, Old Church Slavonic рамо (ramo) and Proto-Germanic *armaz.[1][2][3]

Noun

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արմուկն (armukn)

  1. elbow
    արմկամբ խթել, մղելarmkamb xtʻel, młelto elbow, to push or thrust with the elbow
  2. branch of a vine

Declension

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n-type
singular plural
nominative արմուկն (armukn) արմկունք (armkunkʻ)
genitive արմկան (armkan) արմկանց (armkancʻ)
dative արմկան (armkan) արմկանց (armkancʻ)
accusative արմուկն (armukn) արմկունս (armkuns)
ablative արմկանէ (armkanē) արմկանց (armkancʻ)
instrumental արմկամբ (armkamb) արմկամբք (armkambkʻ)
locative արմկան (armkan) արմկունս (armkuns)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: արմունկ (armunk)

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 40–41
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արմուկն”, 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) “armukn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 141

Further reading

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