ենթա-
Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ենթա- (entʻa-).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /jenˈtʰɑ/, [jentʰɑ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /jenˈtɑ/, [jentʰɑ]
Prefix
ենթա- • (entʻa-)
Derived terms
Armenian terms prefixed with ենթա-
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adapted by the Hellenizing School from ընդ (ənd) + -ա- (-a-).[1] The spelling ընթա- (əntʻa-) reflects an intermediate form.[1]
Prefix
ենթա- • (entʻa-) (Hellenizing School)
Usage notes
Used post-classically to calque Ancient Greek words prefixed with ὑπο- (hupo-), e.g. ենթադրեմ (entʻadrem) = ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi), ենթածեմ (entʻacem) = ὑπάγω (hupágō), ենթամնամ (entʻamnam) = ὑπομένω (hupoménō), ենթալուսնեայ (entʻalusneay) = ὑποσελήνιος (huposelḗnios), ենթակայ (entʻakay) = ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis).[1]
Derived terms
Category Old Armenian terms prefixed with ենթ- not found
Category Old Armenian terms prefixed with ընթա- not found
Descendants
- → Armenian: ենթա- (entʻa-) (learned)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ենթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 26–27
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ենթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 658b
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ենթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 157a