աղիւս

Old Armenian

Etymology

Perhaps from one of the languages of Asia Minor. Compare ἄλιψ (álips, rock) attested by Hesychius.

Noun

աղիւս (ałiws)

  1. brick
  2. tile

Declension

Derived terms

  • աղիւսագործութիւն (ałiwsagorcutʿiwn)
  • աղիւսադուռն (ałiwsaduṙn)
  • աղիւսաթիւ (ałiwsatʿiw)
  • աղիւսակ (ałiwsak)
  • աղիւսաձեւ (ałiwsajew)
  • աղիւսայք (ałiwsaykʿ)
  • աղիւսանման (ałiwsanman)
  • աղիւսաշար (ałiwsašar)
  • աղիւսաշէն (ałiwsašēn)
  • աղիւսարկ (ałiwsark)
  • աղիւսարկութիւն (ałiwsarkutʿiwn)
  • աղիւսեայ (ałiwseay)
  • աղիւսեայք (ałiwseaykʿ)

Descendants

The Georgian word was borrowed anciently, when ղ (ł) was pronounced as [ɫ]. The Persian was borrowed later, when ղ (ł) became [ʁ].

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), աղիւս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), աղիւս”, 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
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