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լեարդ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *Hyekwr̥(-t) (liver). The initial լ- (l-) is problematic. Perhaps, it arose due to contamination with the source of Proto-Germanic *librō (liver) or Hittite [script needed] (lišši-, liver).

Noun

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լեարդ (leard)

  1. liver

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Armenian: լերդ (lerd)
  • Armenian: լյարդ (lyard) (learned)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լեարդ”, 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) “լեարդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 306
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017) “Part 9: Armenian”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 429
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լեարդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy