գետառ

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See also: Գետառ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian գետառ (getaṙ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

գետառ • (getaṙ)

  1. river-shore
  2. (dialectal) former river-bed which is ploughed
  3. (dialectal) mother river, of which a brook/rivulet branches out

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative գետառ (getaṙ) գետառներ (getaṙner)
dative գետառի (getaṙi) գետառների (getaṙneri)
ablative գետառից (getaṙicʻ) գետառներից (getaṙnericʻ)
instrumental գետառով (getaṙov) գետառներով (getaṙnerov)
locative գետառում (getaṙum) գետառներում (getaṙnerum)
definite forms
nominative գետառը/գետառն (getaṙə/getaṙn) գետառները/գետառներն (getaṙnerə/getaṙnern)
dative գետառին (getaṙin) գետառներին (getaṙnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative գետառս (getaṙs) գետառներս (getaṙners)
dative գետառիս (getaṙis) գետառներիս (getaṙneris)
ablative գետառիցս (getaṙicʻs) գետառներիցս (getaṙnericʻs)
instrumental գետառովս (getaṙovs) գետառներովս (getaṙnerovs)
locative գետառումս (getaṙums) գետառներումս (getaṙnerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative գետառդ (getaṙd) գետառներդ (getaṙnerd)
dative գետառիդ (getaṙid) գետառներիդ (getaṙnerid)
ablative գետառիցդ (getaṙicʻd) գետառներիցդ (getaṙnericʻd)
instrumental գետառովդ (getaṙovd) գետառներովդ (getaṙnerovd)
locative գետառումդ (getaṙumd) գետառներումդ (getaṙnerumd)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The first component is գետ (get, “river”). The -առ (-aṙ) is explained by Martirosyan as meaning “to flow, stream” and derived from Proto-Indo-European *srew-, whence also առու (aṙu). See also հաւառի (hawaṙi), կաւառն (kawaṙn).

Noun

գետառ • (getaṙ)

  1. riverbed
  2. river-shore
  3. outbranching river

Declension

i-a-type or i-type
singular plural
nominative գետառ (getaṙ) գետառք (getaṙkʻ)
genitive գետառի (getaṙi) ?
dative գետառի (getaṙi) ?
accusative գետառ (getaṙ) գետառս (getaṙs)
ablative գետառէ (getaṙē) ?
instrumental ? ?
locative գետառի (getaṙi) գետառս (getaṙs)

the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: գետառ (getaṙ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գետառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 205
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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