բռնչի
Armenian
Alternative forms
- բռնչի (bṙnčʿi), բռնչենի (bṙnčʿeni), բռնչքի (bṙnčʿkʿi), բռշնի (bṙšni), բռոշնի (bṙošni), փռշնի (pʿṙšni) – dialectal
Etymology
From Middle Armenian բռնչի (bṙnčʿi).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [bərənˈt͡ʃʰi]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pʰəɾənˈt͡ʃʰi]
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file)
Noun
բռնչի • (bṙnčʿi)
- nettle tree (Celtis spp.)
- Synonyms: լտտենի (ltteni), տարտաղան (tartałan)
- (literary) guelder rose (Viburnum opulus)
Declension
u-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բռնչի (bṙnčʿi) | բռնչիներ (bṙnčʿiner) | ||
| dative | բռնչու (bṙnčʿu) | բռնչիների (bṙnčʿineri) | ||
| ablative | բռնչուց (bṙnčʿucʿ) | բռնչիներից (bṙnčʿinericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | բռնչով, բռնչիով (bṙnčʿov, bṙnčʿiov) | բռնչիներով (bṙnčʿinerov) | ||
| locative | բռնչում, բռնչիում (bṙnčʿum, bṙnčʿium) | բռնչիներում (bṙnčʿinerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | բռնչին (bṙnčʿin) | բռնչիները/բռնչիներն (bṙnčʿinerə/bṙnčʿinern) | ||
| dative | բռնչուն (bṙnčʿun) | բռնչիներին (bṙnčʿinerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | բռնչիս (bṙnčʿis) | բռնչիներս (bṙnčʿiners) | ||
| dative | բռնչուս (bṙnčʿus) | բռնչիներիս (bṙnčʿineris) | ||
| ablative | բռնչուցս (bṙnčʿucʿs) | բռնչիներիցս (bṙnčʿinericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | բռնչովս, բռնչիովս (bṙnčʿovs, bṙnčʿiovs) | բռնչիներովս (bṙnčʿinerovs) | ||
| locative | բռնչումս, բռնչիումս (bṙnčʿums, bṙnčʿiums) | բռնչիներումս (bṙnčʿinerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | բռնչիդ (bṙnčʿid) | բռնչիներդ (bṙnčʿinerd) | ||
| dative | բռնչուդ (bṙnčʿud) | բռնչիներիդ (bṙnčʿinerid) | ||
| ablative | բռնչուցդ (bṙnčʿucʿd) | բռնչիներիցդ (bṙnčʿinericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | բռնչովդ, բռնչիովդ (bṙnčʿovd, bṙnčʿiovd) | բռնչիներովդ (bṙnčʿinerovd) | ||
| locative | բռնչումդ, բռնչիումդ (bṙnčʿumd, bṙnčʿiumd) | բռնչիներումդ (bṙnčʿinerumd) | ||
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բռինչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 490–491
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “բռնչենի”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 214a
Middle Armenian
Celtis caucasica near Artvin, Western Armenia (now in eastern Turkey)
Noun
բռնչի • (bṙnčʿi)
- nettle tree (Celtis spp.)
- Synonym: տաղօնաղաճի (tałōnałači)
- 13th century, Patmutʿiwn vracʿ [The History of Georgians] , (some manuscripts have the misspelled variant բանչի (bančʿi), which has been included in several dictionaries):[1][2]
- […] եկի առ ծառովն բռնչի (var. բանչի), զոր ասեն հովանի Բարտոմայ արքայի […]
- […] eki aṙ caṙovn bṙnčʿi (var. bančʿi), zor asen hovani Bartomay arkʿayi […]
- Translation by Robert W. Thomson
- […] and sat by the brіпčʿ tree, which they call “the shade of king Bartam” […]
- […] եկի առ ծառովն բռնչի (var. բանչի), զոր ասեն հովանի Բարտոմայ արքայի […]
Usage notes
See բռինչ (bṙinčʿ) for the identification of the tree.
Descendants
- Armenian: բռնչի (bṙnčʿi)
References
- J̌uanšēr (1884) Hamaṙōt patmutʿiwn vracʿ [Abridged History of Georgians] (Matenagrutʿiwnkʿ naxneacʿ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 48
- Thomson, Robert W. (1996) Rewriting Caucasian History: The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles. The Original Georgian Texts and the Armenian Adaptation, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 101
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բռինչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 490–491
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ; Čēlalean, Grigor (1865), “բանչի”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 169a, based on the misspelling in Patmutʿiwn vracʿ
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “բանչի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui. Mnacʿordkʿ noragiwt baṙicʿ ew vkayutʿeancʿ yawurs [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Appendix of Newly-Discovered Words and Attestations] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1047b, based on the misspelling in Patmutʿiwn vracʿ
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “բռնչի”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 127a
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