մսան

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մսան (msan).

Pronunciation

Noun

մսան (msan)

  1. the fleshy part of animal's loins

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative մսան (msan) մսաններ (msanner)
dative մսանի (msani) մսանների (msanneri)
ablative մսանից (msanicʻ) մսաններից (msannericʻ)
instrumental մսանով (msanov) մսաններով (msannerov)
locative մսանում (msanum) մսաններում (msannerum)
definite forms
nominative մսանը/մսանն (msanə/msann) մսանները/մսաններն (msannerə/msannern)
dative մսանին (msanin) մսաններին (msannerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative մսանս (msans) մսաններս (msanners)
dative մսանիս (msanis) մսաններիս (msanneris)
ablative մսանիցս (msanicʻs) մսաններիցս (msannericʻs)
instrumental մսանովս (msanovs) մսաններովս (msannerovs)
locative մսանումս (msanums) մսաններումս (msannerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative մսանդ (msand) մսաններդ (msannerd)
dative մսանիդ (msanid) մսաններիդ (msannerid)
ablative մսանիցդ (msanicʻd) մսաններիցդ (msannericʻd)
instrumental մսանովդ (msanovd) մսաններովդ (msannerovd)
locative մսանումդ (msanumd) մսաններումդ (msannerumd)

Old Armenian

Etymology

An inner-Armenian formation based on միս (mis) or from earlier n-stem *մսանն (*msann) (compare plural մսանունք (msanunkʻ)), from Proto-Indo-European *mē(m)s-n- (compare Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx)), from *mḗms (meat), whence միս (mis).

Noun

մսան (msan)

  1. the fleshy part of loins

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: մսան (msan)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մսան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մսան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “միս”, 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 469