Armenian

Noun

բայ • ‎(bay)

1. (grammar) verb

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian բայ ‎(bay); see it for more.

Noun

բայ • ‎(bay)

1. lair

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-ti-, from *bʰeh₂- ‎(“to speak”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φάσις ‎(phásis), φάτις ‎(phátis, “declaration, enunciation, rumour”).

Noun

բայ • ‎(bay)

1. speech, discourse
2. word
3. (grammar) verb

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: բայ ‎(bay)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “bay₁”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 165
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 9

Etymology 2

Verb

բայ • ‎(bay)

1. third-person singular present active indicative of բամ ‎(bam)

Etymology 3

Ačaṙean does not record an acceptable etymology.

Ałayan derives from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- ‎(“to be”), connecting the word with Old Irish both ‎(“hut, bothy, cot; cabin”), Welsh bod ‎(“dwelling”), Lithuanian bùtas ‎(“house”). J̌ahukyan, developing this, writes that the Indo-European proto-form for Armenian may have been *bʰweH-t- and the closest cognate—Albanian botë. Martirosyan remarks that not all the formal details are clear. For the semantic field, he compares the etymologically cognate բոյն ‎(boyn, “nest; den, lair; hut”).

Alternative forms

• բահ ‎(bah) (post-classical)

Noun

բայ • ‎(bay)

1. den, lair (especially of a bear)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: բայ ‎(bay)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 402b
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 35–36
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 116, 160
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “bay₂”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 165–166