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գինի

գինի

Armenian

Noun

գինի (gini)

  1. wine

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom. Proto-Kartvelian *ɣwino- is probably borrowed from Proto-Armenian.

Noun

գինի (gini)

  1. wine
    զուարթանալ սրտի ի գինւոյ, ընդ գինիս մտանել, զգինեօք անկանել, ի գինւոջ լինելzuartʿanal srti i ginwoy, ənd ginis mtanel, zgineōkʿ ankanel, i ginwoǰ linel ― to be merry with wine, to drink, to get drunk
    թափել զգինի, սթափել ի գինւոյtʿapʿel zgini, stʿapʿel i ginwoy ― to sleep one's self sober
    զուարթացուցանել ի գինւոյzuartʿacʿucʿanel i ginwoy ― to make tipsy, to fuddle
    պարզել զգինիparzel zgini ― to clear the wine

Declension

Usage notes

The word has two combining forms: գինե- (gine-) and less common գին- (gin-).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գինի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գինի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գինի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 214