արեգ

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See also: Արեգ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian արեգ (areg).

Pronunciation

Noun

արեգ • (areg)

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

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative արեգ (areg)
dative արեգի (aregi)
ablative արեգից (aregicʻ)
instrumental արեգով (aregov)
locative արեգում (aregum)
definite forms
nominative արեգը/արեգն (aregə/aregn)
dative արեգին (aregin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative արեգս (aregs)
dative արեգիս (aregis)
ablative արեգիցս (aregicʻs)
instrumental արեգովս (aregovs)
locative արեգումս (aregums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative արեգդ (aregd)
dative արեգիդ (aregid)
ablative արեգիցդ (aregicʻd)
instrumental արեգովդ (aregovd)
locative արեգումդ (aregumd)

Derived terms

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Further reading

Old Armenian

Etymology

A prehistoric genitive of արև (arew), going back to Proto-Armenian *areg-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rewyós, the genitive of *h₂réw-is (“sun, sunshine”) (whence the nominative արև (arew)), from *h₂rew-.

Adjective

արեգ • (areg)

  1. solar, sun's
    Արեգ քաղաք ― Areg kʻałakʻ ― city of the Sun, Heliopolis
  2. eastern
    ի յարեգ կուսէ ― i yareg kusē ― from the eastern side
    արեգ դուռն ― areg duṙn ― the eastern gate

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Noun

արեգ • (areg)

  2. the eighth month of the Armenian calendar

Descendants

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

See also

References

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 109–110
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