ալիւր
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ալեւր (alewr)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂leh₁wr̥. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλευρον (áleuron, “flour”). Related to աղամ (ałam, “to grind”).
Ačaṙean explains the genitive-dative ալեր (aler) by contraction from *ալեւեր (*alewer), the supposed regular genitive-dative of r-type ալեւր (alewr). See also գիւղ (giwł).
Noun
ալիւր • (aliwr)
- flour
- ցանել զալիւր ի վերայ ― cʿanel zaliwr i veray ― to powder or whiten with flour
- (by extension) any fine powder
- ալիւր գործելւոյ ― aliwr gorcelwoy ― fine coal powder
Declension
r/ł-type
| singular (uncountable) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ալիւր (aliwr) |
| genitive | ալեր (aler) |
| dative | ալեր (aler) |
| accusative | ալիւր (aliwr) |
| ablative | ալերէ (alerē) |
| instrumental | ալերբ (alerb) |
| locative | ալեր (aler) |
o-type
| singular (uncountable) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ալիւր (aliwr) |
| genitive | ալիւրոյ (aliwroy) |
| dative | ալիւրոյ (aliwroy) |
| accusative | ալիւր (aliwr) |
| ablative | ալիւրոյ (aliwroy) |
| instrumental | ալիւրով (aliwrov) |
| locative | ալիւր (aliwr) |
| post-classical | |
o-type
| singular (uncountable) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ալիւր (aliwr) |
| genitive | ալերոյ (aleroy) |
| dative | ալերոյ (aleroy) |
| accusative | ալիւր (aliwr) |
| ablative | ալերոյ (aleroy) |
| instrumental | ալերով (alerov) |
| locative | ալիւր (aliwr) |
| post-classical | |
Derived terms
- ալիւրադիւթ (aliwradiwtʿ)
- գարէալիւր (garēaliwr)
Descendants
- Armenian: ալյուր (alyur)
References
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1944), “Haykakankʿ A [Armeniaca I]”, in HSSṘ GA Tełekagir hasarakakan gitutʿyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences] (in Armenian), issue 5, page 29 of 25–30
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ալիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “Haykakankʿ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 628a
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ալիւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “alewr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 13
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017), “Part 9: Armenian”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 429
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ալիւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy