բույն

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The spelling բույն (buyn) is literary and is a learned borrowing from Old Armenian բոյն (boyn). The dialectal forms are inherited from it.

Pronunciation

Noun

բույն (buyn) (traditional orthography spelling բոյն)

  1. nest of a bird
  2. den, lair, kennel, burrow, hole of other animals
  3. (figuratively) a wretched hovel

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative բույն (buyn) բույներ (buyner)
dative բույնի (buyni) բույների (buyneri)
ablative բույնից (buynicʻ) բույներից (buynericʻ)
instrumental բույնով (buynov) բույներով (buynerov)
locative բույնում (buynum) բույներում (buynerum)
definite forms
nominative բույնը/բույնն (buynə/buynn) բույները/բույներն (buynerə/buynern)
dative բույնին (buynin) բույներին (buynerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative բույնս (buyns) բույներս (buyners)
dative բույնիս (buynis) բույներիս (buyneris)
ablative բույնիցս (buynicʻs) բույներիցս (buynericʻs)
instrumental բույնովս (buynovs) բույներովս (buynerovs)
locative բույնումս (buynums) բույներումս (buynerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative բույնդ (buynd) բույներդ (buynerd)
dative բույնիդ (buynid) բույներիդ (buynerid)
ablative բույնիցդ (buynicʻd) բույներիցդ (buynericʻd)
instrumental բույնովդ (buynovd) բույներովդ (buynerovd)
locative բույնումդ (buynumd) բույներումդ (buynerumd)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Northern Kurdish: pîn, pin, pûn, pûng
  • Ottoman Turkish: پین (pin)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոյն”, 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 469a