արդն
Old Armenian
Etymology
Uncertain.
De Lagarde connects with Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “point of an arrow”).[1] This not accepted by Hübschmann (who also adds the comparison with Old Irish aird (“point, direction”)) and Ačaṙyan because *արտ (*art) would have been expected for Armenian.[2][3]
Pokorny and J̌ahukyan (with reservation) derive from Proto-Indo-European *ardʰ- (“pole, rod”), with Lithuanian ar̃das (“pole scaffold for drying flax”), ar̃damas (“pole which crosses the sail diagonally”) as cognates, an idea going back to Petersson.[4][5][6]
Ačaṙyan rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open.[3]
Ałayan derives with prothetic ա- (a-) from the zero-grade of the Proto-Indo-European *reh₁t- (“pole, beam, trunk; beam structure”).[7]
Usage notes
In the Bible, translates Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis), δόρυ (dóru) and λόγχη (lónkhē).
Declension
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | արդն (ardn) | արդունք (ardunkʿ) | |
| genitive | արդեան (ardean) | արդեանց (ardeancʿ) | |
| dative | արդեան (ardean) | արդեանց (ardeancʿ) | |
| accusative | արդն (ardn) | արդունս (arduns) | |
| ablative | արդեանէ (ardeanē) | արդեանց (ardeancʿ) | |
| instrumental | արդեամբ (ardeamb) | արդեամբք (ardeambkʿ) | |
| locative | արդեան (ardean) | արդունս (arduns) | |
| reconstructed on the basis of attested nominative plural արդունք (ardunkʿ) and genitive plural արդեանց (ardeancʿ) | |||
Derived terms
- գեղարդն (gełardn) (perhaps)
- արդնակիր (ardnakir)
- արդնատէգ (ardnatēg)
- արդնաւոր (ardnawor)
- արդնընկէց (ardnənkēcʿ)
- երկարդնեայ (erkardneay)
References
- de Lagarde, Paul (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, page 167
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1883) Armenische Studien. 1/1. Grundzüge der armenischen Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 11
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “արդն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 309–310
- Petersson, Herbert (1916), “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 47, issue 3/4, page 245
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “rēt-, rōt-, rət-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 866
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “արդն”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 88b
- Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 31–34
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “արդն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “արդն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy