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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ստին (stin).
Pronunciation
Noun
ստին • (stin)
- Rare form of ստինք (stinkʻ).
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn.
Noun
ստին • (stin)
- breast
- ստինք արուի ― stinkʻ arui ― pap
- ստին կովու, ոչխարի եւ այլն ― stin kovu, očʻxari ew ayln ― nipple, udder, dug
- ի ստեան ― i stean ― at the breast
- մանուկ ի ստեան ― manuk i stean ― sucking-child
- գօտեւորեալ առ ստեամբ ― gōteworeal aṙ steamb ― girt about the paps
- կերակրել ստեամբ ― kerakrel steamb ― to suckle, to give suck, to give the breast to
- դիել զստինս ― diel zstins ― to suck, to draw the breast
- հատուցանել ի ստենէ ― hatucʻanel i stenē ― to wean, to take from the breast
- անկանիլ ստեանցն ― ankanil steancʻn ― forming or rounding of the breasts in adolescence
- եռալ ստեանց ― eṙal steancʻ ― to give milk
- ի ծուծ ստեանցն կախեալ ― i cuc steancʻn kaxeal ― hanging to her breast
- ստինք անկան քեզ ― stinkʻ ankan kʻez ― thy breast are fashioned
- յոյս իմ ի ստեանց մօր իմոյ ― yoys im i steancʻ mōr imoy ― my hope from my mother's womb
- (figuratively) source, spring
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ստին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ստին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ստին”, 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 274–275