արեգ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian արեգ (areg).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

արեգ (areg)

  1. (rare, poetic) the sun
    Synonyms: արեւ (arew), արեգակ (aregak)
  2. (historical, sometimes capitalized) the eighth month of the Armenian calendar

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An old genitive of արեւ (arew), according to Martirosyan going back to Proto-Armenian *areg-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r(e)w-y-ós, the genitive of *h₂réw-ōy- (sun, sunshine), whence արեւ (arew).[1][2][3][4]

Adjective[edit]

արեգ (areg)

  1. solar, sun's
    Արեգ քաղաքAreg kʻałakʻcity of the Sun, Heliopolis
  2. eastern
    ի յարեգ կուսէi yareg kusēfrom the eastern side
    արեգ դուռնareg duṙnthe eastern gate

Usage notes[edit]

Has the combining forms արեգ- (areg-) and արեգ-ն-ա- (areg-n-a-).

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Noun[edit]

արեգ (areg)

  1. the eighth month of the Armenian calendar

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: արեգ (areg) (learned)
  • ? Old Georgian: იგრიკაჲ (igriḳay)

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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) “արեգ”, 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. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 9
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*areg-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 135

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արեգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “արեգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1749) “արեգ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎[2] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 103a