բիր
Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Armenian բիր (bir).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /biɾ/, [biɾ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /piɾ/, [pʰiɾ]
Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)
Noun
[edit]բիր • (bir)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բիր (bir) | բրեր (brer) | ||
| dative | բրի (bri) | բրերի (breri) | ||
| ablative | բրից (bricʻ) | բրերից (brericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | բրով (brov) | բրերով (brerov) | ||
| locative | բրում (brum) | բրերում (brerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | բիրը/բիրն (birə/birn) | բրերը/բրերն (brerə/brern) | ||
| dative | բրին (brin) | բրերին (brerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | բիրս (birs) | բրերս (brers) | ||
| dative | բրիս (bris) | բրերիս (breris) | ||
| ablative | բրիցս (bricʻs) | բրերիցս (brericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | բրովս (brovs) | բրերովս (brerovs) | ||
| locative | բրումս (brums) | բրերումս (brerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | բիրդ (bird) | բրերդ (brerd) | ||
| dative | բրիդ (brid) | բրերիդ (brerid) | ||
| ablative | բրիցդ (bricʻd) | բրերիցդ (brericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | բրովդ (brovd) | բրերովդ (brerovd) | ||
| locative | բրումդ (brumd) | բրերումդ (brerumd) | ||
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.[1][2] The word must have denoted also a digging tool, hence the derivative բրեմ (brem, “to dig”).[2]
Noun
[edit]բիր • (bir)
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: բիր (bir)
References
[edit]- ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բիր”, 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 452
Further reading
[edit]- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 490a
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 102a
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