արծուի
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- արծիւ (arciw) (post-classical)
Etymology
Two possibilities exist.
Diakonoff argues for an Urartian borrowing; compare Urartian [script needed] (Arṣibini), attested as a name of a horse, possibly meaning ‘Eagle’, and the theonym [script needed] (Arṣibedini).[1]
On the other hand, Martirosyan and Ačaṙyan consider the word to be of native origin, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵipyós, with Sanskrit ऋजिप्य (ṛjipyá, “darting along”) (an epithet of श्येन (śyená, “eagle”)), Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬟𐬌𐬌𐬋.𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (ərəzifiiō.parəna, “having eagle-feathers”), Middle Persian ʾlwh (āluh, “eagle”), Manichaean Middle Persian ʾʾlwp (āluf, “eagle”) as cognates. In the latter case the Urartian word is a borrowing from Proto-Armenian; the element di- in [script needed] (Arṣibedini) could then be borrowed from Old Armenian դիք (dikʿ, “gods”).[2][3][4]
Noun
արծուի • (arcui)
Usage notes
The word has three combining forms: արծուե- (arcue-), արծուա- (arcua-), արծ- (arc-). The last two are post-classical, and are from the form արծիւ (arciw).
Declension
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | արծուի (arcui) | արծուիք (arcuikʿ) | |
| genitive | արծուոյ (arcuoy) | արծուեաց (arcueacʿ) | |
| dative | արծուոյ (arcuoy) | արծուեաց (arcueacʿ) | |
| accusative | արծուի (arcui) | արծուիս (arcuis) | |
| ablative | արծուոյ (arcuoy) | արծուեաց (arcueacʿ) | |
| instrumental | արծուեաւ (arcueaw) | արծուեաւք = արծուեօք (arcueawkʿ = arcueōkʿ) | |
| locative | արծուի (arcui) | արծուիս (arcuis) |
Derived terms
- արծուաբեր (arcuaber)
- արծուաթռիչ (arcuatʿṙičʿ)
- արծուակերպ (arcuakerp)
- արծուաճանկ (arcuačank)
- արծուանման (arcuanman)
- արծուանշան (arcuanšan)
- արծուէկիր (arcuēkir)
- արծուէնշան (arcuēnšan)
- արծուիք (arcuikʿ)
- արծռունգն (arcṙungn)
- գետարծուի (getarcui)
Descendants
References
- Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985), “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 105, issue 4, pages 597–603
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “արծուի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “arcui”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 139
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “արծուի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 76
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “արծուի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy