Armenian

Noun

հու • ‎(hu)

1. (rare) purulent blood

Declension

References

• Sukʿiasyan, A. M. (1967), “հու”, in Ałayan Ē. B., Sewak G. G., editors, Hayocʿ lezvi homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Synonyms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press
• Čērēčean, Gnēl; Tōnikean, Pʿaramaz (1992), “հու”, in Hayocʿ lezui nor baṙaran [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 1276b

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Persian هو ‎(hū).

Noun

հու • ‎(hu)

1. purulent blood

Usage notes

The word is a hapax legomenon.

Descendants

• Armenian: հու ‎(hu)

References

• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “հու”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), “հու”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Čēlalean, Grigor, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 421