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բրէտ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *bʰor- (to hum, buzz), whence also բոռ (boṙ); see there for more.[1][2]

Noun

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բրէտ (brēt)

  1. wasp

Declension

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i-a-type
singular plural
nominative բրէտ (brēt) բրէտք (brētkʻ)
genitive բրիտի (briti) բրիտաց (britacʻ)
dative բրիտի (briti) բրիտաց (britacʻ)
accusative բրէտ (brēt) բրէտս (brēts)
ablative բրիտէ (britē) բրիտաց (britacʻ)
instrumental բրիտաւ (britaw) բրիտաւք = բրիտօք (britawkʻ = britōkʻ)
locative բրիտի (briti) բրէտս (brēts)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian:
    Literary: բրետ (bret)
    Dialectal: պրետ (pret)Moks[3]
  • Georgian: ბრეტი (breṭi)[3]

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոռ”, 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, pages 472–473
  2. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բրէտ”, 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 492c

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բրէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 518c
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բրէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 108a