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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is unknown.
Noun
ստուեր • (stuer)
- shadow, shade
- Synonym: շուք (šukʻ)
5th century,
Bible,
Job 24.17:
[1]- Եթե միանգամայն առաւաւտ նոցա ի ստուերս մահու է․ եթե ի միտ առնուցու զխռովութիւն ստուերաց մահու։
- Etʻe miangamayn aṙawawt nocʻa i stuers mahu ē; etʻe i mit aṙnucʻu zxṙovutʻiwn stueracʻ mahu.
- Translation by Claude E. Cox
- that all at once the morning is in death's shadow to them, that he will recognize the trouble of death's shadow.
Usage notes
Was already extinct by the 10th century and replaced by շուք (šukʻ).
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: ստվեր (stver)
References
- ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, pages 170–171
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ստուեր”, 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 280a
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ստուեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ստուեր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 696b
- Karst, Josef (1948) Mythologie arméno-caucasienne et hétito-asianique (in French), Strasbourg, Zurich: Editions P. H. Heitz, page 348
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2008) Studies in Armenian etymology : with special emphasis on dialects and culture Indo-European heritage (Doctoral thesis), Leiden University, page 422
- 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 944
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ստուեր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy