շուն

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Armenian

շուն

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian շուն (šun).

Pronunciation

Noun

շուն (šun)

  1. dog

Declension

n-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative շուն (šun) շներ (šner)
dative շան (šan) շների (šneri)
ablative շնից (šnicʻ) շներից (šnericʻ)
instrumental շնով (šnov) շներով (šnerov)
locative
definite forms
nominative շունը/շունն (šunə/šunn) շները/շներն (šnerə/šnern)
dative շանը/շանն (šanə/šann) շներին (šnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative շունս (šuns) շներս (šners)
dative շանս (šans) շներիս (šneris)
ablative շնիցս (šnicʻs) շներիցս (šnericʻs)
instrumental շնովս (šnovs) շներովս (šnerovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative շունդ (šund) շներդ (šnerd)
dative շանդ (šand) շներիդ (šnerid)
ablative շնիցդ (šnicʻd) շներիցդ (šnericʻd)
instrumental շնովդ (šnovd) շներովդ (šnerovd)
locative

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (dog).

Noun

շուն (šun)

  1. dog
    Synonym: սկունդ (skund)
  2. (figuratively) adulterer or adulteress
  3. (astronomy) Canis Major

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: շուն (šun)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press