լուսն

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian լուսն (lusn); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

լուսն • (lusn)

  1. cataract

Declension

References

  • լուսն”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Etymology

The original meaning must have been “white(ness), white/shining (thing)”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-, whence also լոյս (loys). Compare Ancient Greek λεύκωμα (leúkōma, white spot in the eye).

Noun

լուսն • (lusn)

  1. a white spot on one’s eye

Declension

Derived terms

  • Լուսնթագ (Lusntʻag)
  • լսնագոյն (lsnagoyn)
  • լսնաձեւ (lsnajew)
  • լսնանամ (lsnanam)
  • լսնացուցանեմ (lsnacʻucʻanem)
  • լսնեցուցանեմ (lsnecʻucʻanem)
  • լսնիմ (lsnim)
  • հաւալուսն (hawalusn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: լուսն (lusn)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լուսն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լուսն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լոյս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 320
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