ուստր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ուստր (ustr).

Pronunciation

Noun

ուստր • (ustr)

  1. (archaic) son

Declension

Synonyms

See also

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *suHyús (son), remodeled after դուստր (dustr, daughter).

Noun

ուստր • (ustr)

  1. son
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 2.9b:[1]
      ուստերք քո եւ դստերք իմոյ որովայնի երկք եւ երկունք
      usterkʻ kʻo ew dsterkʻ imoy orovayni erkkʻ ew erkunkʻ
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        your sons and daughters, my womb's labours and birth-pangs

Usage notes

Usually used in pair with դուստր (dustr).

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Armenian: դուստր (dustr)

References

  1. Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 58

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ուստր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ուստր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ուստր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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