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ստերջ

ստերջ

Armenian

Adjective

ստերջ (sterǰ)

  1. (of animals) sterile, barren
  2. (figuratively) fruitless, vain

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ստերդ (sterd)
  • ըստերջ (əsterǰ)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steryo-. Cognate with Sanskrit स्तरी (starī, barren cow), Ancient Greek στεῖρα (steîra), Latin sterilis.

Adjective

ստերջ (sterǰ)

  1. (of animals) sterile, barren

Declension

Derived terms

  • ստերջանամ (sterǰanam)
  • ստերջիմ (sterǰim)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ստերջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ստերջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ստերջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 80