Definify.com

Definition 2024


լինդ

լինդ

Armenian

Noun

լինդ (lind)

  1. gum (the flesh round the teeth)

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • լինտ (lint)
  • լինտր (lintr) (misformation)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-, with a semantic shift "fleshy part" → "gum". Cognate with Latin lumbus, German Lende, Russian лядвея (ljadveja).

Noun

լինդ (lind)

  1. gum (the flesh round the teeth)
    ցաւել լնդացcʿawel lndacʿ ― to have sore gums

Declension

Derived terms

  • լնդերք (lnderkʿ)
  • լնտերք (lnterkʿ)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), լինդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), լինդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), լինդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935