կեր

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See also: -կեր

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian կեր (ker).

Pronunciation

Noun

կեր (ker)

  1. food, nourishment (especially for animals and babies)
  2. bait

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃-o-, from *gʷerh₃-. The aorist stem կեր- (ker-) and the combining form -կեր (-ker) of ուտեմ (utem, to eat) are of the same origin. The -e- of the Armenian noun may have been taken from this verb.

Noun

կեր (ker)

  1. food (especially of animals)
    կեր առնուլker aṙnulto take nourishment
    կեր լինելker linelto be food for, the prey of
    կեր լինել սուսերիker linel suserito be put to the sword
  2. bait
    կեր արկանելker arkanelto bait, to lure, to allure, to decoy
    կեր լինելker linelto allow, to let itself to be decoyed or allured

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կեր (ker)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 359