առու

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Armenian առու (aṙu).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

առու (aṙu)

  1. brook
  2. irrigation ditch, trench
    Synonym: (dialectal) արխ (arx)

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

With prothetic ա- (a-) from Proto-Indo-European *sr(o)u-y-o/eh₂- or *sru-ti- or *sru-to- or *srowtos-, from *srew-.[1][2][3]

Noun[edit]

առու (aṙu)

  1. brook, tributary
    հեղուլ՝ հոսել առուս արտասուացhełul, hosel aṙus artasuacʻto shed tears profusely
  2. channel
  3. ditch, trench, furrow, passage

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: առու (aṙu)
  • Georgian: რუ (ru), რუვი (ruvi)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aṙu”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 114

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “առու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “առու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy