գրիւ
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Old Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (glyw' /grīw/, “a grain measure, modius, peck”). Arabic جَرِيب (jarīb) is from the same source.
Noun[edit]
գրիւ • (griw)
- a grain measure
Declension[edit]
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գրիւ (griw) | գրիւք (griwkʻ) | |
| genitive | գրուի (grui) | գրուաց (gruacʻ) | |
| dative | գրուի (grui) | գրուաց (gruacʻ) | |
| accusative | գրիւ (griw) | գրիւս (griws) | |
| ablative | գրուէ (gruē) | գրուաց (gruacʻ) | |
| instrumental | գրուաւ (gruaw) | գրուաւք = գրուօք (gruawkʻ = gruōkʻ) | |
| locative | գրուի (grui) | գրիւս (griws) |
Related terms[edit]
- գրուան (gruan)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գրիւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գրիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գրիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy