Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• նեար ‎(near) (reading variant)
• ներ ‎(ner)

Noun

նէր • ‎(nēr)

1. sister-in-law (husband’s brother’s wife)
2. husband’s the other wife

Usage notes

According to Martirosyan, although the evidence is not sufficient to reconstruct the original paradigm with safety, the attested forms seem to point to nominative singular նէր ‎(nēr) vs. oblique ներ- ‎(ner-). The following inflected forms are attested: accusative plural ներս ‎(ners), i-type or i-a-type genitive-dative singular նիրի ‎(niri) and ablative singular ներէ ‎(nerē), o-type ablative singular ներոյ ‎(neroy)

Derived terms

• ներթակն ‎(nertʿakn)

Descendants

• Armenian: ներ ‎(ner)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “նէր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “նէր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “նէր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “nēr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 503