ամառն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From pre-Armenian *sm̥h₂er-m̥, old accusative from Proto-Indo-European *s(e)m-eh₂-, whence Old Armenian ամ (am, “year”); cognate with Proto-Germanic *sumaraz, Proto-Celtic *samos, Persian هامین‎ (hamîn).[1][2][3] For the sense development ‘year’ → ‘summer’ compare the relationship between Russian лет (let) : ле́то (léto).

Noun

ամառն • (amaṙn)

  1. summer

Usage notes

The word has two combining forms: the original ամար- (amar-) and post-classical ամառն- (amaṙn-).

Declension
n-type
singular plural
nominative ամառն (amaṙn) ամարունք (amarunkʿ)
genitive ամարան, ամառան (amaran, amaṙan) ամարանց, ամառանց (amarancʿ, amaṙancʿ)
dative ամարան, ամառան (amaran, amaṙan) ամարանց, ամառանց (amarancʿ, amaṙancʿ)
accusative ամառն (amaṙn) ամարունս (amaruns)
ablative ամարանէ, ամառանէ (amaranē, amaṙanē) ամարանց, ամառանց (amarancʿ, amaṙancʿ)
instrumental ամարամբ, ամառամբ (amaramb, amaṙamb) ամարամբք, ամառամբք (amarambkʿ, amaṙambkʿ)
locative ամարան, ամառան (amaran, amaṙan) ամարունս (amaruns)

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ամառն”, 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
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “amaṙn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 46

Further reading
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ամառն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ամառն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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