երի

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • էրի (ēri)

Etymology

From Old Armenian երի (eri); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

երի • (eri)

  1. the upper part of the front legs of a slaughtered animal

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • էրի (ēri)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *rēyti- and cognate with Lithuanian ríetas (“thigh, loin”), Latvian riẽta (“thigh, haunch”), Proto-Slavic *ritь (“buttocks”).

Noun

երի • (eri)

  1. shoulder of animals
    առ երի, յերի ― aṙ eri, yeri ― on the edge, towards, on the side of, near
    առ երի ընթանալ ― aṙ eri əntʿanal ― to go, to rank, to put on the same footing with, to agree, to be of one mind

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: երի (eri)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “երի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “երի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “երի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “երի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 263
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