ածու

See also: -ածու

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ածու (acu); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

ածու • (acu)

  1. garden-bed

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

A derivative of ածեմ (acem).

Noun

ածու • (acu)

  1. garden-bed; parterre
  2. (figuratively) small nation
    • 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] 1.3:[1][2]
      Զի թէպէտ և եմք ածու փոքր, և թուով յոյժ ընդ փոքու սահմանեալ, և զօրութեամբ տկար, և ընդ այլով յոլով անգամ նուաճեալ թագաւորութեամբ` սակայն բազում գործք արութեան գտանին գործեալ և ի մերում աշխարհիս, և արժանի գրոյ յիշատակի, զոր և ոչ մի ոք ի նոցանէ պէտ յանձին կալաւ մատենագրել։
      Zi tʻēpēt ew emkʻ acu pʻokʻr, ew tʻuov yoyž ənd pʻokʻu sahmaneal, ew zōrutʻeamb tkar, ew ənd aylov yolov angam nuačeal tʻagaworutʻeamb` sakayn bazum gorckʻ arutʻean gtanin gorceal ew i merum ašxarhis, ew aržani groy yišataki, zor ew očʻ mi okʻ i nocʻanē pēt yanjin kalaw matenagrel.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        For although we are a small country and very restricted in numbers, weak in power, and often subject to another’s rule, yet many manly deeds have been performed in our land worthy of being recorded in writing; nonetheless not one of these undertook to have them written down.

Declension

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Descendants

  • Armenian: ածու (acu)

References

  1. Movsēs Xorenacʻi (1913) M. Abeġean and S. Yarutʻiwnean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; II.1), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 10
  2. Thomson, Robert W. (1978) Moses Khorenats‘i, History of the Armenians: translation and commentary on the literary sources, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 69

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ածու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ածու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “acu”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 17
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