Verba vana? A note on Arm. zowr ‘vain’ and zroyc‘ ‘talk’

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  • Daniel Kölligan Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54103/1972-9901/24044

Keywords:

Classical Armenian, Verba dicendi, Decasuative, Word Formation, Historical Semantics

Abstract

It is argued that Arm. zowr ‘vain’ is the derivational basis of zroyc‘ ‘talk’ with a semantic shift from ‘idle talk’ to ‘talk’. -oyc‘ may be a case-form of a decasuative derivative of the underlying nominal zowr, i.e., *zroy*zroyk‘, zroyc‘.

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Published

2024-09-04

How to Cite

Kölligan, D. (2024). Verba vana? A note on Arm. zowr ‘vain’ and zroyc‘ ‘talk’. Atti Del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese, 2022(17 n.s.), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.54103/1972-9901/24044

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