լու

From Old Armenian լու (lu).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /lu/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /lu/,

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լու • (lu)

1. flea

   լվից ուղտ շինել ― lvicʻ uġt šinel ― to make a mountain out of a molehill (literally, “to make a camel out of a flea”)

From Proto-Indo-European *pluso- (“flea”).

լու • (lu)

1. flea

   մաքրել, որոնել զլուս ― makʻrel, oronel zlus ― to flea, to clear from fleas

   խայթուած լուոյ ― xaytʻuac luoy ― flea-bite, flea-biting

   խայթեալ ի լուոյ ― xaytʻeal i luoy ― flea-bitten

2. a kind of a sea fish

• Armenian: լու (lu)

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós, from *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Related to լսեմ (lsem).

լու • (lu) indeclinable

1. the hearing, the act of hearing

   լու առնել ― lu aṙnel ― to make known, to bring intelligence, to announce, to publish, to divulgate, to spread the news

   լու լինել ― lu linel ― to be heard of, to be announced, to be made known, to be published, promulgated

   լու եղեն բանք նորա ― lu ełen bankʻ nora ― his words were heard

   լու ի լու ― lu i lu ― publicly, in presence, in the hearing of

   եւ ասէ ցնոսա՝ ինձ լու ի լու ― ew asē cʻnosa, inj lu i lu ― he told them in my hearing

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn , Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page լսեմ
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 315