սամոյր
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (smwl /samōr/).
Noun
սամոյր • (samoyr)
Usage notes
There are no known Classical attestations of the sense “sable (animal)”.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | սամոյր (samoyr) | սամոյրք (samoyrkʻ) |
| genitive | սամուրի (samuri) | սամուրաց (samuracʻ) |
| dative | սամուրի (samuri) | սամուրաց (samuracʻ) |
| accusative | սամոյր (samoyr) | սամոյրս (samoyrs) |
| ablative | սամուրէ (samurē) | սամուրաց (samuracʻ) |
| instrumental | սամուրաւ (samuraw) | սամուրաւք = սամուրօք (samurawkʻ = samurōkʻ) |
| locative | սամուրի (samuri) | սամոյրս (samoyrs) |
This declension class is postulated by Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui without adducing supporting attestations.
Derived terms
- սամուրենի (samureni)
Descendants
- → Armenian: սամույր (samuyr) (learned)
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սամոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սամոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սամոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 168
- Kʻaǰuni, Manuēl (1892) “zibeline”, in Baṙgirkʻ aruesticʻ ew gitutʻeancʻ ew gełecʻik dprutʻeancʻ [Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and Belles Lettres], volume II (overall work in Old Armenian and French), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 861b
- Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “zibeline”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 1292a