արդն
Old Armenian
Etymology
Uncertain.
De Lagarde connects with Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “point of an arrow”).[1] This not accepted by Hübschmann (who also adds the comparison with Old Irish aird (“point, direction”)) and Ačaṙyan because *արտ (*art) would have been expected for Armenian.[2][3]
Pokorny and J̌ahukyan (with reservation) derive from Proto-Indo-European *ardʰ- (“pole, rod”), with Lithuanian ar̃das (“pole scaffold for drying flax”), ar̃damas (“pole which crosses the sail diagonally”) as cognates, an idea going back to Petersson.[4][5][6]
Ačaṙyan rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open.[3]
Ałayan derives with prothetic ա- (a-) from the zero-grade of the Proto-Indo-European *reh₁t- (“pole, beam, trunk; beam structure”).[7]
Noun
արդն • (ardn)
Usage notes
In the Bible, translates Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis), δόρυ (dóru) and λόγχη (lónkhē).
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | արդն (ardn) | արդունք (ardunkʻ) |
| genitive | արդեան (ardean) | արդեանց (ardeancʻ) |
| dative | արդեան (ardean) | արդեանց (ardeancʻ) |
| accusative | արդն (ardn) | արդունս (arduns) |
| ablative | արդեանէ (ardeanē) | արդեանց (ardeancʻ) |
| instrumental | արդեամբ (ardeamb) | արդեամբք (ardeambkʻ) |
| locative | արդեան (ardean) | արդունս (arduns) |
reconstructed on the basis of attested nominative plural արդունք (ardunkʻ) and genitive plural արդեանց (ardeancʻ)
Derived terms
- արդնակիր (ardnakir)
- արդնատէգ (ardnatēg)
- արդնաւոր (ardnawor)
- արդնընկէց (ardnənkēcʻ)
- գեղարդն (gełardn) (perhaps)
- երկարդնեայ (erkardneay)
References
- ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, page 167
- ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1883) Armenische Studien. 1/1. Grundzüge der armenischen Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 11
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արդն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 309–310
- ^ Petersson, Herbert (1916) “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, number 3/4, page 245 of 240–291
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “rēt-, rōt-, rət-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 866
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “արդն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 88b
- ^ Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies][1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 31–34
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արդն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արդն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy