լորձն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is unknown.[1][2] Probably related to Proto-Georgian-Zan *lorc̣- and possibly also to Old Armenian լորտու (lortu).

Noun

լորձն (lorjn)

  1. saliva, spittle
    լորձունս ծորեցուցանելlorjuns corecʿucʿanelto slaver, to slabber, to drivel
  2. snivel, snot

Declension

Derived terms

  • լորձիք (lorjikʿ)
  • լորձնային (lorjnayin)
  • լորձնատեսակ (lorjnatesak)
  • լորձնատեսակութիւն (lorjnatesakutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: լորձ (lorj), լորձունք (lorjunkʿ) (learned)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), լորձն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 298
  2. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 941

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), լորձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), լորձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petersson, Herbert (1921) Studien über die indogermanische Heteroklisie [A treatise on the Indogermanic heteroclisis] (Skrifter utgivna av Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund; 1) (in German), Lund: Berlingska boktryckeriet, pages 138–139
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