քսան

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Armenian

Armenian numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: քսան (kʻsan)
    Ordinal: քսաներորդ (kʻsanerord)
    Multiplier: քսանակի (kʻsanaki)
    Distributive: քսանական (kʻsanakan)
    Group collective: քսանյակ (kʻsanyak)

Etymology

From Old Armenian քսան (kʻsan), from Proto-Indo-European *wídḱm̥ti.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

քսան (kʻsan)

  1. twenty

Declension

Old Armenian

Old Armenian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : քսան (kʻsan)
    Ordinal : քսաներորդ (kʻsanerord)
    Collective : քսանեքին (kʻsanekʻin)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wídḱm̥ti. The path of derivation is disputed. Traditionally said to be from earlier *gsan, from *gisan.

Numeral

քսան (kʻsan)

  1. twenty

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: քսան (kʻsan)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քսան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քսան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 387
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 9
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քսան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy