լուսն

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian լուսն (lusn); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

լուսն (lusn)

  1. cataract

Declension

References

  • լուսն”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Etymology

The original meaning must have been “white(ness), white/shining (thing)”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-, whence also լոյս (loys). Compare Ancient Greek λεύκωμα (leúkōma, white spot in the eye).

Noun

լուսն (lusn)

  1. a white spot on one’s eye

Declension

Derived terms

  • Լուսնթագ (Lusntʿag)
  • լսնագոյն (lsnagoyn)
  • լսնաձեւ (lsnajew)
  • լսնանամ (lsnanam)
  • լսնացուցանեմ (lsnacʿucʿanem)
  • լսնեցուցանեմ (lsnecʿucʿanem)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), լուսն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), լուսն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), լոյս”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 320
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