հիւսն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • հեւսն (hewsn)

Etymology

Perhaps from the same source as հիւսեմ (hiwsem).

Noun

հիւսն • (hiwsn)

  1. carpenter

Declension

n-type
singular plural
nominative հիւսն (hiwsn) հիւսունք (hiwsunkʻ)
genitive հիւսան (hiwsan) հիւսանց (hiwsancʻ)
dative հիւսան (hiwsan) հիւսանց (hiwsancʻ)
accusative հիւսն (hiwsn) հիւսունս (hiwsuns)
ablative հիւսանէ (hiwsanē) հիւսանց (hiwsancʻ)
instrumental հիւսամբ (hiwsamb) հիւսամբք (hiwsambkʻ)
locative հիւսան (hiwsan) հիւսունս (hiwsuns)

Derived terms

  • հիւսանաձեւ (hiwsanajew)
  • հիւսնական (hiwsnakan)
  • հիւսնեմ (hiwsnem)
  • հիւսնոց (hiwsnocʻ)
  • հիւսնութիւն (hiwsnutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: հյուսն (hyusn) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հիւսն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հիւսն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), 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 412
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հիւսն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy