անդունդ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian անդունդ (andund).

Pronunciation

Noun

անդունդ (andund)

  1. abyss, precipice, chasm

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥-bʰudʰno- (bottomless), composed of *n̥- (privative prefix) + *bʰudʰno- (bottom), from *bʰudʰmḗn. For similar formations compare Russian без-дна (bez-dna), Ancient Greek ἄ-βυσσος (á-bussos), English bottom-less.

Noun

անդունդ (andund)

  1. abyss
  2. the infernal regions, hell, tartar

Usage notes

Classically always used in the plural: անդունդք (andundkʻ).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: անդունդ (andund), անդունդք (andundkʻ)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անդունդ”, 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) “andund-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 78

Further reading

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