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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ասր (asr).
Pronunciation
Noun
ասր • (asr) (archaic)
- cleaned white wool of a sheep, fine fleece
- Synonym: բուրդ (burd)
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
The stem is ասու- (asu-), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).[1][2][3]
Noun
ասր • (asr)
- fleece, wool
Usage notes
The word has two combining forms, the original ասու- (asu-) and later ասր- (asr-).
Declension
r-u-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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ասր (asr)
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| genitive
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ասու (asu)
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| dative
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ասու (asu)
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| accusative
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ասր (asr)
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| ablative
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ասուէ (asuē)
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| instrumental
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ասու (asu)
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| locative
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ասու (asu)
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o-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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ասր (asr)
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| genitive
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ասրոյ (asroy)
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| dative
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ասրոյ (asroy)
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| accusative
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ասր (asr)
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| ablative
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ասրոյ (asroy)
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| instrumental
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ասրով (asrov)
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| locative
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ասր (asr)
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| the plural is uncommon but genitive-dative plural ասուոց (asuocʻ) and ասրոց (asrocʻ) are attested
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u-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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ասր (asr)
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| genitive
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ասրու (asru)
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| dative
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ասրու (asru)
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| accusative
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ասր (asr)
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| ablative
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ասրէ (asrē)
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| instrumental
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ասրու (asru)
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| locative
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ասրու (asru)
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r/ł-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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ասր (asr)
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| genitive
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*ասեր (*aser)
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| dative
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*ասեր (*aser)
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| accusative
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ասր (asr)
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| ablative
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*ասերէ (*aserē)
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| instrumental
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ասերբ (aserb)
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| locative
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*ասեր (*aser)
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| post-classical
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: ասր (asr) (learned)
References
- ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ասր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 122
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ասր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ասր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy