քառասուն

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Armenian

Armenian numbers (edit)
400
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4
    Cardinal: քառասուն (kʻaṙasun)
    Ordinal: քառասուներորդ (kʻaṙasunerord)
    Multiplier: քառասունակի (kʻaṙasunaki)
    Distributive: քառասունական (kʻaṙasunakan)
    Group collective: քառասնյակ (kʻaṙasnyak)

Etymology

From Old Armenian քառասուն (kʻaṙasun); see below.

Pronunciation

Numeral

քառասուն (kʻaṙasun)

  1. forty

Declension

Old Armenian

Old Armenian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : քառասուն (kʻaṙasun)
    Ordinal : քառասներորդ (kʻaṙasnerord)
    Collective : քառասնեքին (kʻaṙasnekʻin)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from earlier *kʷétwr̥dḱomt.

Numeral

քառասուն (kʻaṙasun)

  1. forty
    սուրբ քառասունքsurb kʻaṙasunkʻthe forty martyrs
    էր ամաց քառասնիցēr amacʻ kʻaṙasnicʻhe was forty years old
    ամս երկու ընդ քառասնիւams erku ənd kʻaṙasniwforty two years
    քաղաքս ութ առ քառասնիւքkʻałakʻs utʻ aṙ kʻaṙasniwkʻforty eight cities
    քառասուն քառասուն զպահքն լուծանելkʻaṙasun kʻaṙasun zpahkʻn lucanelbreak the fast once in forty days

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: քառասուն (kʻaṙasun)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քառասուն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քառասուն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քառասուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press