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թիթեռն
թիթեռն
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- թիթեղն (tʿitʿełn)
Etymology
Reduplication on the basis of *թեր- (*tʿer-), from Proto-Indo-European *pter- (“feather; wing”).
Noun
թիթեռն • (tʿitʿeṙn)
- butterfly
- փոխարկիլ ի թիթեռն ― pʿoxarkil i tʿitʿeṙn ― to become a butterfly
Declension
n-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | թիթեռն (tʿitʿeṙn) | թիթռունք (tʿitʿṙunkʿ) | |
| genitive | թիթռան (tʿitʿṙan) | թիթռանց (tʿitʿṙancʿ) | |
| dative | թիթռան (tʿitʿṙan) | թիթռանց (tʿitʿṙancʿ) | |
| accusative | թիթեռն (tʿitʿeṙn) | թիթռունս (tʿitʿṙuns) | |
| ablative | թիթռանէ (tʿitʿṙanē) | թիթռանց (tʿitʿṙancʿ) | |
| instrumental | թիթռամբ (tʿitʿṙamb) | թիթռամբք (tʿitʿṙambkʿ) | |
| locative | թիթռան (tʿitʿṙan) | թիթռունս (tʿitʿṙuns) |
Descendants
- Armenian: թիթեռ (tʿitʿeṙ)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “թիթեռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “թիթեռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], 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 291