սով

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian սով (sov).

Pronunciation

Noun

սով (sov)

  1. famine
    Աֆրիկայում հաճախ սով է լինումAfrikayum hačax sov ē linumfamines are common in Africa
  2. hunger
    սովը հագեցնելsovə hagecʻnelto satisfy hunger

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative սով (sov) սովեր (sover)
dative սովի (sovi) սովերի (soveri)
ablative սովից (sovicʻ) սովերից (sovericʻ)
instrumental սովով (sovov) սովերով (soverov)
locative սովում (sovum) սովերում (soverum)
definite forms
nominative սովը/սովն (sovə/sovn) սովերը/սովերն (soverə/sovern)
dative սովին (sovin) սովերին (soverin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative սովս (sovs) սովերս (sovers)
dative սովիս (sovis) սովերիս (soveris)
ablative սովիցս (sovicʻs) սովերիցս (sovericʻs)
instrumental սովովս (sovovs) սովերովս (soverovs)
locative սովումս (sovums) սովերումս (soverums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative սովդ (sovd) սովերդ (soverd)
dative սովիդ (sovid) սովերիդ (soverid)
ablative սովիցդ (sovicʻd) սովերիցդ (sovericʻd)
instrumental սովովդ (sovovd) սովերովդ (soverovd)
locative սովումդ (sovumd) սովերումդ (soverumd)

Old Armenian

Etymology

A Southwestern Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian (swd /⁠suy⁠/, hunger), 𐫘𐫇𐫏𐫃 (swyg /⁠suyag⁠/, hungry).

Noun

սով (sov)

  1. famine; hunger
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 12.10:
      Եւ եղեւ սով յերկրին, եւ էջ Աբրամ յԵգիպտոս բնակել անդ պանդխտութեամբ, զի զօրացաւ սով յերկրին։
      Ew ełew sov yerkrin, ew ēǰ Abram yEgiptos bnakel and pandxtutʻeamb, zi zōracʻaw sov yerkrin.
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: սով (sov)
  • Northern Kurdish: sov (famine)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սով”, 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 244–245
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սով”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1868) Beitraege zur baktrischen Lexikographie (in German), Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, page 73
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 907
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սով”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy