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բայ

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Armenian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Armenian բայ (bay); see it for more.

Noun

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բայ (bay)

  1. (grammar) verb
Declension
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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative բայ (bay) բայեր (bayer)
dative բայի (bayi) բայերի (bayeri)
ablative բայից (bayicʻ) բայերից (bayericʻ)
instrumental բայով (bayov) բայերով (bayerov)
locative բայում (bayum) բայերում (bayerum)
definite forms
nominative բայը/բայն (bayə/bayn) բայերը/բայերն (bayerə/bayern)
dative բային (bayin) բայերին (bayerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative բայս (bays) բայերս (bayers)
dative բայիս (bayis) բայերիս (bayeris)
ablative բայիցս (bayicʻs) բայերիցս (bayericʻs)
instrumental բայովս (bayovs) բայերովս (bayerovs)
locative բայումս (bayums) բայերումս (bayerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative բայդ (bayd) բայերդ (bayerd)
dative բայիդ (bayid) բայերիդ (bayerid)
ablative բայիցդ (bayicʻd) բայերիցդ (bayericʻd)
instrumental բայովդ (bayovd) բայերովդ (bayerovd)
locative բայումդ (bayumd) բայերումդ (bayerumd)

Etymology 2

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From Old Armenian բայ (bay); see it for more.

Noun

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բայ (bay)

  1. lair
Declension
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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative բայ (bay) բայեր (bayer)
dative բայի (bayi) բայերի (bayeri)
ablative բայից (bayicʻ) բայերից (bayericʻ)
instrumental բայով (bayov) բայերով (bayerov)
locative բայում (bayum) բայերում (bayerum)
definite forms
nominative բայը/բայն (bayə/bayn) բայերը/բայերն (bayerə/bayern)
dative բային (bayin) բայերին (bayerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative բայս (bays) բայերս (bayers)
dative բայիս (bayis) բայերիս (bayeris)
ablative բայիցս (bayicʻs) բայերիցս (bayericʻs)
instrumental բայովս (bayovs) բայերովս (bayerovs)
locative բայումս (bayums) բայերումս (bayerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative բայդ (bayd) բայերդ (bayerd)
dative բայիդ (bayid) բայերիդ (bayerid)
ablative բայիցդ (bayicʻd) բայերիցդ (bayericʻd)
instrumental բայովդ (bayovd) բայերովդ (bayerovd)
locative բայումդ (bayumd) բայերումդ (bayerumd)

Old Armenian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-ti-, from *bʰeh₂- (to speak); cognate with Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis), φάτις (phátis, declaration, enunciation, rumour).[1][2][3][4]

Noun

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բայ (bay)

  1. speech, discourse
  2. word
  3. (grammar) verb
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Armenian: բայ (bay)

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) “բալ”, 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. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 9
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “bay₁”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 165

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

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Verb

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բայ (bay)

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of բամ (bam)

Etymology 3

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Ačaṙean does not record an acceptable etymology.

Ałayan derives from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (to be), connecting the word with Old Irish both (hut, bothy, cot; cabin), Welsh bod (dwelling), Lithuanian bùtas (house). J̌ahukyan, developing this, writes that the Indo-European proto-form for Armenian may have been *bʰweH-t- and the closest cognate—Albanian botë. Martirosyan remarks that not all the formal details are clear. For the semantic field, he compares the etymologically cognate բոյն (boyn, nest; den, lair; hut).

Alternative forms

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  • բահ (bah)post-Classical

Noun

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բայ (bay)

  1. den, lair (especially of a bear)
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 402b
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 35–36
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[3] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 116, 160
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “bay₂”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 165–166