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Alternative cases, dative մահվան(mahvan)/մահվանը(mahvanə), ablative մահվանից(mahvanicʻ) and instrumental մահվանով(mahvanov) or մահվամբ(mahvamb), are also used and are remnants of the Old Armenian n-type declension. Dative singular մահու(mahu) is considered archaic. See մահ(mah).
The earlier form is մարհ(marh), borrowed from some Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-European*mr̥-tu-, *mr̥-ti-u- or *mr̥tro-, from *mer-. According to Bolognesi, borrowed specifically from Parthian*marh(u), from Old Iranian*mr̥θyu-; compare Avestan𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬎(mərəθiiu, “death”).
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Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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