լոսդի

Armenian

Etymology

Considered a word of unknown origin.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Found only in the Armenian–Latin dictionary of Polish-Armenian Stefanus Roszka, quoting two works known only to him, therefore probably written in the Aṙtial (Transylvania) dialect milieu which was spoken by the Armenian diaspora in Romania, Hungary and Poland. See also թառափ (tʻaṙapʻ) and թուխու (tʻuxu) with the same philological context.

Phonetically it is probably IPA^(key): /losˈti/, [lostʰí], written in Western Armenian orthography.

Most likely borrowed from Romanian lostiță, lostică, lostriță (“Danube salmon”) or some by-form of these.

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /losˈdi/, [losdí]
(Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /losˈti/, [lostʰí]

Noun

լոսդի • (losdi) (traditional orthography spelling լօսդի) (probably Ardeal)

a kind of river salmon
Hypernym: սաղմոն (saġmon)
- finished 1731, Stefanus Roszka, Armenian–Latin Dictionary , (quoting from an unknown work abbreviated as Ašx. ld.):^[4]
  Այլք են ձկունք, փողոշուկ, լոսդի
  Aylkʻ en jkunkʻ, pʻoġošuk, losdi
- finished 1731, Stefanus Roszka, Armenian–Latin Dictionary , (quoting from an unknown work abbreviated as Taġ. jk.):^[4]
  Լօսդու մարմինն է պատուական Քան զծովայնոցն ամենեսեան
  Lōsdu marminn ē patuakan Kʻan zcovaynocʻn amenesean

Declension

u-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
	singular	plural
nominative	լոսդի (losdi)	լոսդիներ (losdiner)
dative	լոսդու (losdu)	լոսդիների (losdineri)
ablative	լոսդուց (losducʻ)	լոսդիներից (losdinericʻ)
instrumental	լոսդով, լոսդիով (losdov, losdiov)	լոսդիներով (losdinerov)
locative	—	—

	definite forms
nominative	լոսդին (losdin)	լոսդիները/լոսդիներն (losdinerə/losdinern)
dative	լոսդուն (losdun)	լոսդիներին (losdinerin)

	1^st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	լոսդիս (losdis)	լոսդիներս (losdiners)
dative	լոսդուս (losdus)	լոսդիներիս (losdineris)
ablative	լոսդուցս (losducʻs)	լոսդիներիցս (losdinericʻs)
instrumental	լոսդովս, լոսդիովս (losdovs, losdiovs)	լոսդիներովս (losdinerovs)
locative	—	—

	2^nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	լոսդիդ (losdid)	լոսդիներդ (losdinerd)
dative	լոսդուդ (losdud)	լոսդիներիդ (losdinerid)
ablative	լոսդուցդ (losducʻd)	լոսդիներիցդ (losdinericʻd)
instrumental	լոսդովդ, լոսդիովդ (losdovd, losdiovd)	լոսդիներովդ (losdinerovd)
locative	—	—

References

^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լոսդի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 297a
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 312
^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “լոսդի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 301a
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “լոսդի”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎^[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 265