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մամուռ

մամուռ

Armenian

Noun

մամուռ (mamuṙ)

  1. moss

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • մամուր (mamur)

Etymology

Perhaps a reduplication of *մուռ (*muṙ), from Proto-Armenian *mus-r-, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-ro-, and cognate with Proto-Germanic *musą, Proto-Slavic *mъxъ, Latin muscus, Lithuanian mūsaĩ (mould), mū̃sos (mould) and especially Proto-Slavic *mъxrъ (thin moss on trees and stones).

Noun

մամուռ (mamuṙ)

  1. moss

Declension

Derived terms

  • մամռարմատ (mamṙarmat)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մամուռ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մամուռ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մամուռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “mamuṙ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 446
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2009), “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies, volume 4, issue 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180
  • Trubačev O. N., editor (1994), *mъx(o)rъ/*mъxra”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 20, Moscow: Nauka, page 215–217