բրէտ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰor- (“to hum, buzz”), whence also բոռ (boṙ); see there for more.[1][2]

Noun

բրէտ • (brēt)

  1. wasp

Declension
i-a-type
singular plural
nominative բրէտ (brēt) բրէտք (brētkʿ)
genitive բրիտի (briti) բրիտաց (britacʿ)
dative բրիտի (briti) բրիտաց (britacʿ)
accusative բրէտ (brēt) բրէտս (brēts)
ablative բրիտէ (britē) բրիտաց (britacʿ)
instrumental բրիտաւ (britaw) բրիտաւք = բրիտօք (britawkʿ = britōkʿ)
locative բրիտի (briti) բրէտս (brēts)

Synonyms
  • բոռ (boṙ)
  • բորեղ (boreł)

Descendants

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բոռ”, 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 472–473
  2. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  3. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բրէտ”, 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, page 492c

Further reading
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “բրէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 518c
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բրէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 108a
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