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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian լու (lu).
Pronunciation
Noun
լու • (lu)
- flea
- լվից ուղտ շինել ― lvicʻ uġt šinel ― to make a mountain out of a molehill (literally, “to make a camel out of a flea”)
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *pluso- (“flea”).
Noun
լու • (lu)
- flea
- մաքրել, որոնել զլուս ― makʻrel, oronel zlus ― to flea, to clear from fleas
- խայթուած լուոյ ― xaytʻuac luoy ― flea-bite, flea-biting
- խայթեալ ի լուոյ ― xaytʻeal i luoy ― flea-bitten
- a kind of a sea fish
Declension
o-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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լու (lu)
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լուք (lukʻ)
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| genitive
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լուոյ (luoy)
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լուոց (luocʻ)
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| dative
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լուոյ (luoy)
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լուոց (luocʻ)
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| accusative
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լու (lu)
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լուս (lus)
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| ablative
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լուոյ (luoy)
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լուոց (luocʻ)
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| instrumental
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լուով (luov)
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լուովք (luovkʻ)
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| locative
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լու (lu)
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լուս (lus)
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| a variant singular instrumental լւով (lwov) is attested
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Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós, from *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Related to լսեմ (lsem).
Noun
լու • (lu) indeclinable
- the hearing, the act of hearing
- լու առնել ― lu aṙnel ― to make known, to bring intelligence, to announce, to publish, to divulgate, to spread the news
- լու լինել ― lu linel ― to be heard of, to be announced, to be made known, to be published, promulgated
- լու եղեն բանք նորա ― lu ełen bankʻ nora ― his words were heard
- լու ի լու ― lu i lu ― publicly, in presence, in the hearing of
- եւ ասէ ցնոսա՝ ինձ լու ի լու ― ew asē cʻnosa, inj lu i lu ― he told them in my hearing
Derived terms
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page լսեմ
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 315