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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian սին (sin).
Pronunciation
Adjective
սին • (sin) (superlative ամենասին)
- vain, empty, idle, futile
- Synonym: ունայն (unayn)
Declension
Derived terms
Middle Armenian
Etymology
A Northeast Caucasian borrowing. Compare Avar сини (sini), Bezhta сино (sino), Tsakhur суна (suna), Rutul сын (sɨn), Hunzib сыну (sɨnu) etc all meaning "barberry". On these and other Caucasian words see Leksika[1] and NCED,[2] without the Armenian. For the semantics see the correspondence in ծոր (cor).
Noun
սին • (sin)
- rowan, Sorbus
References
- ^ Gasanova, S. M., Ibragimov, G. X., Magomedova, P. T., Mejlanova, U. A., Talibov, B. B. (1971) G. B. Murkelinskij, editor, Сравнительно-историческая лексика дагестанских языков [Comparative Historical Vocabulary of Dagestan Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 160–161}}
- ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*swɨ̆nē”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
- ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “սին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 714a
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 215a, not knowing the origin
- Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “սին”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 2751, page 564, equating with սին (sin, “empty, useless”) as an "empty, useless fruit", alternatively correcting to սինձ (sinj)
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “սին”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 722b
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 276–277, hesitantly deriving from Persian سنجد (senjed)
- Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 29, connecting with Persian سنجد (senjed)
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “սին”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 680a, not knowing the origin
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeno- and cognate with Ancient Greek κενός (kenós).[1][2][3] An Armeno–Greek isogloss.
Ačaṙyan considers synonymous ոսին (osin) an alternative form, without explaining the ո- (o-).[2]
Adjective
սին • (sin)
- empty, void
- Synonyms: դատարկ (datark), թափուր (tʻapʻur)
- vain, useless, trifling
- Synonyms: սնոտի (snoti), ունայն (unayn), ընդունայն (əndunayn), դատարկ (datark), զուր (zur), նանիր (nanir)
Declension
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սին (sin)
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սինք (sinkʻ)
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սնոյ (snoy)
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սնոց (snocʻ)
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սնոյ (snoy)
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սնոց (snocʻ)
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սին (sin)
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սինս (sins)
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| ablative
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սնոյ (snoy)
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սնոց (snocʻ)
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սնով (snov)
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սնովք (snovkʻ)
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սին (sin)
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սինս (sins)
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 490
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 214–215
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 564
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “սին”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2006) “սին”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy