թիթեռն
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian թիթեռն (tʻitʻeṙn); see it for more.
Noun
թիթեռն • (tʻitʻeṙn)
- (archaic) alternative form of թիթեռ (tʻitʻeṙ)
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- թիթեղն (tʻitʻełn)
Etymology
Reduplication on the basis of *թեր- (*tʻer-), from Proto-Indo-European *pter- (“feather; wing”).
Noun
թիթեռն • (tʻitʻeṙn)
- butterfly
- փոխարկիլ ի թիթեռն ― pʻoxarkil i tʻitʻeṙn ― to become a butterfly
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | թիթեռն (tʻitʻeṙn) | թիթռունք (tʻitʻṙunkʻ) |
| genitive | թիթռան (tʻitʻṙan) | թիթռանց (tʻitʻṙancʻ) |
| dative | թիթռան (tʻitʻṙan) | թիթռանց (tʻitʻṙancʻ) |
| accusative | թիթեռն (tʻitʻeṙn) | թիթռունս (tʻitʻṙuns) |
| ablative | թիթռանէ (tʻitʻṙanē) | թիթռանց (tʻitʻṙancʻ) |
| instrumental | թիթռամբ (tʻitʻṙamb) | թիթռամբք (tʻitʻṙambkʻ) |
| locative | թիթռան (tʻitʻṙan) | թիթռունս (tʻitʻṙuns) |
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թիթեռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թիթեռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 291