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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հուր (hur).
Pronunciation
Noun
հուր • (hur) (somewhat formal)
- fire
- Synonym: կրակ (krak)
Declension
There is an alternative dative singular հրո (hro), used in high literary style and in idioms. It is a fossilized remnant of the Old Armenian o-type declension.
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *puh₂r-o-, from *péh₂wr̥.
The sense “pyramidal” is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís), which was mistakenly understood to be from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”)
Noun
հուր • (hur)
- fire
- հուրն անշէջ ― hurn anšēǰ ― hell, hellfire
- շրջմոլիկ հուր ― šrǰmolik hur ― night-fire, Will-o'-the-wisp, Jack-o'-lantern, ignis fatuus
- հուր արկանել, վառել ― hur arkanel, vaṙel ― to set on fire, to light, to kindle, to make a fire
- հուր հարկանել, արկանել, տալ, հրով/հուրբ դատել ― hur harkanel, arkanel, tal, hrov/hurb datel ― to set fire to, to burn, to set on fire, to inflame, etc.
- ի հուր եւ ի սուր սպառել, մաշել զամենայն ― i hur ew i sur spaṙel, mašel zamenayn ― to put every thing to fire and sword, to destroy by burning; to chastise with fire and sword, to punish severely
- ի հուր այրիլ, տոչորիլ ― i hur ayril, točʻoril ― to be burnt, consumed by fire
- իւղ արկանել զհրով ― iwł arkanel zhrov ― to add fuel to the flames
- հուր առնուլ ― hur aṙnul ― to catch or take fire, to fire or blaze up
- չառնուլ հուր ― čʻaṙnul hur ― to miss fire
- հուր վարեալ բորբոքէր ի Գաղղիա ― hur vareal borbokʻēr i Gałłia ― all France was on fire, all in a blaze
- ի հո՛ւր, ի հո՛ւր, հուր հարաւ զտանէ ― i húr, i húr, hur haraw ztanē ― fire! fire! the house is on fire!
- առ սէր քո տայր զինքն/մատնէր զանձն եւ ի հուր ― aṙ sēr kʻo tayr zinkʻn/matnēr zanjn ew i hur ― he would go through fire and water for your sake
- (figuratively) fire, heat, spirit, ardour
- (figuratively) passion, love, flame
- (as an adjective) fiery, igneous
- (as an adjective) pyramidal
Declension
o-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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հուր (hur)
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| genitive
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հրոյ (hroy)
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| dative
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հրոյ (hroy)
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| accusative
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հուր (hur)
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| ablative
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հրոյ (hroy)
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| instrumental
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հրով (hrov)
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| locative
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հուր (hur)
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| there is also an archaic instrumental singular հուրբ (hurb), which points to an r-stem
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հուր”, 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) “հուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 97
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 426
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 9
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հուր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy