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հովիւ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From the Proto-Indo-European compound *h₃ewi-peh₂-, from *h₃éwis (sheep) and *peh₂- (to protect). Cognate with Sanskrit अविपाल (avi-pā-lá-, shepherd).

Noun

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հովիւ (hoviw)

  1. pastor, shepherd, herdsman, neatherd
    հովուի գաւազան/բիրhovui gawazan/bir(botany) shepherd's rod or staff, wild thistle, Dipsacus sativus, Damasonium
    մանուկ հովիւmanuk hoviwshepherd-boy
    աղջիկ հովիւałǰik hoviwshepherdess, shepherd-girl, shepherd-lass

Declension

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i-a-type
singular plural
nominative հովիւ (hoviw) հովիւք (hoviwkʻ)
genitive հովուի (hovui) հովուաց (hovuacʻ)
dative հովուի (hovui) հովուաց (hovuacʻ)
accusative հովիւ (hoviw) հովիւս (hoviws)
ablative հովուէ (hovuē) հովուաց (hovuacʻ)
instrumental հովուաւ (hovuaw) հովուաւք = հովուօք (hovuawkʻ = hovuōkʻ)
locative հովուի (hovui) հովիւս (hoviws)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հովիվ (hoviv)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հովիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հովիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հովիւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 419