գետառ
See also: Գետառ
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian գետառ (getaṙ); see it for more.
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɡetɑ́r]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [kʰedɑ́r]
- Hyphenation: գե‧տառ
Noun
գետառ • (getaṙ)
- river-shore
- (dialectal) former river-bed which is ploughed
- (dialectal) mother river, of which a brook/rivulet branches out
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գետառ (getaṙ) | գետառներ (getaṙner) | ||
| dative | գետառի (getaṙi) | գետառների (getaṙneri) | ||
| ablative | գետառից (getaṙicʻ) | գետառներից (getaṙnericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | գետառով (getaṙov) | գետառներով (getaṙnerov) | ||
| locative | գետառում (getaṙum) | գետառներում (getaṙnerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | գետառը/գետառն (getaṙə/getaṙn) | գետառները/գետառներն (getaṙnerə/getaṙnern) | ||
| dative | գետառին (getaṙin) | գետառներին (getaṙnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | գետառս (getaṙs) | գետառներս (getaṙners) | ||
| dative | գետառիս (getaṙis) | գետառներիս (getaṙneris) | ||
| ablative | գետառիցս (getaṙicʻs) | գետառներիցս (getaṙnericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | գետառովս (getaṙovs) | գետառներովս (getaṙnerovs) | ||
| locative | գետառումս (getaṙums) | գետառներումս (getaṙnerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | գետառդ (getaṙd) | գետառներդ (getaṙnerd) | ||
| dative | գետառիդ (getaṙid) | գետառներիդ (getaṙnerid) | ||
| ablative | գետառիցդ (getaṙicʻd) | գետառներիցդ (getaṙnericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | գետառովդ (getaṙovd) | գետառներովդ (getaṙnerovd) | ||
| locative | գետառումդ (getaṙumd) | գետառներումդ (getaṙnerumd) | ||
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- գետառու (getaṙu)
Etymology
The first component is գետ (get, “river”). The -առ (-aṙ) is explained by Martirosyan as meaning “to flow, stream” and derived from Proto-Indo-European *srew-, whence also առու (aṙu). See also հաւառի (hawaṙi), կաւառն (kawaṙn).
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գետառ (getaṙ) | գետառք (getaṙkʻ) | |
| genitive | գետառի (getaṙi) | ? | |
| dative | գետառի (getaṙi) | ? | |
| accusative | գետառ (getaṙ) | գետառս (getaṙs) | |
| ablative | գետառէ (getaṙē) | ? | |
| instrumental | ? | ? | |
| locative | գետառի (getaṙi) | գետառս (getaṙs) | |
| the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension | |||
Descendants
- Armenian: գետառ (getaṙ)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գետառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ 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 and Boston: Brill, page 205
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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