մամուռ

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Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian մամուռ (mamuṙ).

Pronunciation

Noun

մամուռ (mamuṙ)

  1. moss

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative մամուռ (mamuṙ) մամուռներ (mamuṙner)
dative մամուռի (mamuṙi) մամուռների (mamuṙneri)
ablative մամուռից (mamuṙicʻ) մամուռներից (mamuṙnericʻ)
instrumental մամուռով (mamuṙov) մամուռներով (mamuṙnerov)
locative մամուռում (mamuṙum) մամուռներում (mamuṙnerum)
definite forms
nominative մամուռը/մամուռն (mamuṙə/mamuṙn) մամուռները/մամուռներն (mamuṙnerə/mamuṙnern)
dative մամուռին (mamuṙin) մամուռներին (mamuṙnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative մամուռս (mamuṙs) մամուռներս (mamuṙners)
dative մամուռիս (mamuṙis) մամուռներիս (mamuṙneris)
ablative մամուռիցս (mamuṙicʻs) մամուռներիցս (mamuṙnericʻs)
instrumental մամուռովս (mamuṙovs) մամուռներովս (mamuṙnerovs)
locative մամուռումս (mamuṙums) մամուռներումս (mamuṙnerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative մամուռդ (mamuṙd) մամուռներդ (mamuṙnerd)
dative մամուռիդ (mamuṙid) մամուռներիդ (mamuṙnerid)
ablative մամուռիցդ (mamuṙicʻd) մամուռներիցդ (mamuṙnericʻd)
instrumental մամուռովդ (mamuṙovd) մամուռներովդ (mamuṙnerovd)
locative մամուռումդ (mamuṙumd) մամուռներումդ (mamuṙnerumd)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: mamır
  • Udi: мамыр (mamər)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps a reduplication of *մուռ (*muṙ), from Proto-Armenian *mus-r-, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-ro-, and cognate with Proto-Germanic *musą, Proto-Slavic *mъxъ, Latin muscus, Lithuanian mūsaĩ, mū̃sos (mould) and especially Proto-Slavic *mъxrъ (thin moss on trees and stones).

Martirosyan notes that in a fairy-tale based on a folk-motif and written by Hovhannes Tumanyan, native of Loṙi, one finds dialectal մուռ (muṙ) referring to the green moss on stones in a river, which if reliable may be an archaic relic of the simplex *մուռ (*muṙ). See here for the passage. See also ջրիմուռ (ǰrimuṙ).

Noun

մամուռ (mamuṙ)

  1. moss

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մամուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մամուռ”, 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) “mamuṙ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 446
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2009) “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies, volume 4, number 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъx(o)rъ/*mъxra”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 215
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մամուռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy