հու

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian հու (hu).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

հու (hu)

  1. (rare) purulent blood

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Sukʻiasyan, A. M. (1967) “հու”, in Aġayan Ē. B., Sewak G. G., editors, Hayocʻ lezvi homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press
  • Čērēčean, Gnēl; Tōnikean, Pʻaramaz (1992) “հու”, in Hayocʻ lezui nor baṙaran [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume I, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 1276b

Middle Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian هو (hu).

Noun[edit]

հու (hu)

  1. purulent blood

Usage notes[edit]

The word is a hapax legomenon.

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: հու (hu)

References[edit]

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “հու”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հու”, 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) “հու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “հու”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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 421