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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian բիր (bir).
Pronunciation
Noun
բիր • (bir)
- rod, staff, stave
- stake, picket, pale
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.[1][2] The word must have denoted also a digging tool, hence the derivative բրեմ (brem, “to dig”).[2]
Noun
բիր • (bir)
- rod, staff, stave
- handle of the hammer
Declension
i-a-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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բիր (bir)
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բիրք (birkʻ)
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| genitive
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բրի (bri)
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բրաց (bracʻ)
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| dative
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բրի (bri)
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բրաց (bracʻ)
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| accusative
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բիր (bir)
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բիրս (birs)
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| ablative
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բրէ (brē)
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բրաց (bracʻ)
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| instrumental
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բրաւ (braw)
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բրաւք = բրօք (brawkʻ = brōkʻ)
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| locative
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բրի (bri)
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բիրս (birs)
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o-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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բիր (bir)
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բիրք (birkʻ)
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| genitive
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բրոյ (broy)
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բրոց (brocʻ)
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| dative
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բրոյ (broy)
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բրոց (brocʻ)
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| accusative
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բիր (bir)
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բիրս (birs)
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| ablative
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բրոյ (broy)
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բրոց (brocʻ)
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| instrumental
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բրով (brov)
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բրովք (brovkʻ)
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| locative
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բիր (bir)
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բիրս (birs)
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| post-classical
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 452
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 490a
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 102a