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կռթունք

կռթունք

Armenian

Noun

կռթունք (kṙtʿunkʿ)

  1. (rare, anatomy) back

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Barsełyan, Hovhannes (1973), կռթունք”, in Hayeren ułłagrakan-ułłaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys

Old Armenian

Etymology

The unattested singular is *կուռթն (*kuṙtʿn) (compare dialectal կռթնել (kṙtʿnel)), which is comparable with կուռն (kuṙn, back), with a suffixal element -թ- (-tʿ-)..

Noun

կռթունք (kṙtʿunkʿ) pl

  1. (anatomy) back

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կռթունք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), կռթունք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կռթունք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 376