Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• աղբեւր ‎(ałbewr)
• աղբեր ‎(ałber)

Noun

աղբիւր • ‎(ałbiwr)

1. fountain, source, spring, brook
2. (figuratively) origin, source

Declension

Usage notes

The word has three combining forms: the oldest աղբեր- ‎(ałber-) and later աղբիւր- ‎(ałbiwr-) with աղբեւր- ‎(ałbewr-).

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: աղբյուր ‎(ałbyur)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աղբիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աղբիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աղբիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aɫbewr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 32