լորձն
Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- լորձ (lorj) — post-Classical
Etymology
[edit]The origin is unknown.[1][2] Probably related to Proto-Georgian-Zan *lorc̣- and possibly also to Old Armenian լորտու (lortu).
Noun
[edit]լորձն • (lorjn)
- saliva, spittle
- լորձունս ծորեցուցանել ― lorjuns corecʻucʻanel ― to slaver, to slabber, to drivel
- snivel, snot
Declension
[edit]n-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | լորձն (lorjn) | լորձունք (lorjunkʻ) | |
| genitive | լորձին (lorjin) | լորձանց (lorjancʻ) | |
| dative | լորձին (lorjin) | լորձանց (lorjancʻ) | |
| accusative | լորձն (lorjn) | լորձունս (lorjuns) | |
| ablative | լորձնէ (lorjnē) | լորձանց (lorjancʻ) | |
| instrumental | լորձամբ (lorjamb) | լորձամբք (lorjambkʻ) | |
| locative | լորձին (lorjin) | լորձունս (lorjuns) |
Derived terms
[edit]- լորձիք (lorjikʻ)
- լորձնային (lorjnayin)
- լորձնատեսակ (lorjnatesak)
- լորձնատեսակութիւն (lorjnatesakutʻiwn)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լորձն”, 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 298
- ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 941
Further reading
[edit]- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լորձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լորձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petersson, Herbert (1921) Studien über die indogermanische Heteroklisie [A treatise on the Indogermanic heteroclisis] (Skrifter utgivna av Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund; 1) (in German), Lund: Berlingska boktryckeriet, pages 138–139
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 57