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Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian հու (hu).
Pronunciation
Noun
հու • (hu)
- (rare) purulent blood
Declension
References
- Sukʻiasyan, A. M. (1967) “հու”, in Aġayan Ē. B., Sewak G. G., editors, Hayocʻ lezvi homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press
- Čērēčean, Gnēl; Tōnikean, Pʻaramaz (1992) “հու”, in Hayocʻ lezui nor baṙaran [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume I, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 1276b
Middle Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian هو (hu).
Noun
հու • (hu)
- purulent blood
Usage notes
The word is a hapax legomenon.
Descendants
References
- Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “հու”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “հու”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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 421