սով

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian սով (sov).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

սով (sov)

  1. famine
    Աֆրիկայում հաճախ սով է լինումAfrikayum hačax sov ē linumfamines are common in Africa
  2. hunger
    սովը հագեցնելsovə hagecʻnelto satisfy hunger

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A Southwestern Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (swd /⁠suy⁠/, hunger), 𐫘𐫇𐫏𐫃 (swyg /⁠suyag⁠/, hungry).

Noun[edit]

սով (sov)

  1. famine; hunger
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 12.10:
      Եւ եղեւ սով յերկրին, եւ էջ Աբրամ յԵգիպտոս բնակել անդ պանդխտութեամբ, զի զօրացաւ սով յերկրին։
      Ew ełew sov yerkrin, ew ēǰ Abram yEgiptos bnakel and pandxtutʻeamb, zi zōracʻaw sov yerkrin.
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: սով (sov)

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 244–245
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սով”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1868) Beitraege zur baktrischen Lexikographie (in German), Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, page 73
  • 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 907
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սով”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy