նիշտր
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Iranian *ništra-, formed with a base ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam and the tool-suffix *-tra-. See Persian نیشتر (ništar) for more. Doublet of Middle Armenian նշտար (nštar).
Noun
[edit]նիշտր • (ništr)
- lancet, scalpel
- Ephrem the Syrian, խրատ. :[1]
- Վասն առողջութեան մարմնոյ թոյլ տան նշտրով փորձել զվէրս
- Vasn aṙołǰutʻean marmnoy tʻoyl tan nštrov pʻorjel zvērs
- Վասն առողջութեան մարմնոյ թոյլ տան նշտրով փորձել զվէրս
Usage notes
[edit]Attested only in instrumental singular նշտրով (nštrov), from which all dictionaries back-form a nominative *նշտիր (*nštir). However, based on the etymology the correct nominative is *նիշտր (*ništr).
Declension
[edit]o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | նիշտր (ništr) | նիշտրք (ništrkʻ) | |
| genitive | նշտրոյ (nštroy) | նշտրոց (nštrocʻ) | |
| dative | նշտրոյ (nštroy) | նշտրոց (nštrocʻ) | |
| accusative | նիշտր (ništr) | նիշտրս (ništrs) | |
| ablative | նշտրոյ (nštroy) | նշտրոց (nštrocʻ) | |
| instrumental | նշտրով (nštrov) | նշտրովք (nštrovkʻ) | |
| locative | նիշտր (ništr) | նիշտրս (ništrs) |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “նշտիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 438c
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նշտիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 462–463
- Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 203
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 206
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1900) “Zur persischen lautlehre”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung[1] (in German), volume 36, number 2, pages 163–164
- Lagarde, Paul de (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, page 13
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նշտիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Tʻireakʻean, Yarutʻiwn (1914) “նշտիր”, in Ariahay baṙaran : Norog tesutʻeambkʻ ew yaweluacovkʻ [Armeno-Aryan Dictionary] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 291