լորտու

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian լորտու (lortu).

Pronunciation

Noun

լորտու (lortu)

  1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)
    Synonym: լոկ (lok)
  2. (dialectal) slug (gastropod mollusk having no shell)
    Synonym: շողուկ (šoġuk)

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative լորտու (lortu) լորտուներ (lortuner)
dative լորտուի (lortui) լորտուների (lortuneri)
ablative լորտուից (lortuicʻ) լորտուներից (lortunericʻ)
instrumental լորտուով (lortuov) լորտուներով (lortunerov)
locative
definite forms
nominative լորտուն (lortun) լորտուները/լորտուներն (lortunerə/lortunern)
dative լորտուին (lortuin) լորտուներին (lortunerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative լորտուս (lortus) լորտուներս (lortuners)
dative լորտուիս (lortuis) լորտուներիս (lortuneris)
ablative լորտուիցս (lortuicʻs) լորտուներիցս (lortunericʻs)
instrumental լորտուովս (lortuovs) լորտուներովս (lortunerovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative լորտուդ (lortud) լորտուներդ (lortunerd)
dative լորտուիդ (lortuid) լորտուներիդ (lortunerid)
ablative լորտուիցդ (lortuicʻd) լորտուներիցդ (lortunericʻd)
instrumental լորտուովդ (lortuovd) լորտուներովդ (lortunerovd)
locative

Descendants

  • Turkish: lordu, loydu, lordi

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լորտու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 298–299
  • Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, § 81, page 57
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 207, page 55

Old Armenian

Etymology

Uncertain. In dialects, also means "slug". Perhaps a derivative of լորտ (lort, sluggish). Alternatively, somehow connected with լորձն (lorjn).

Noun

լորտու (lortu)

  1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լորտու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 298–299
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լորտու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Mann, Stuart E. (1984–1987) “slidros”, in An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary, Hamburg: Buske, columns 1212–1213
  • Petersson, Herbert (1921) Studien über die indogermanische Heteroklisie [A treatise on the Indogermanic heteroclisis] (Skrifter utgivna av Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund; 1) (in German), Lund: Berlingska boktryckeriet, pages 138–139
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լորտու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy