# ամուսին
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ամուսին (amusin)

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /ɑmuˈsin/, [ɑmusín]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ɑmuˈsin/, [ɑmusín]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

ամուսին • (amusin)
* husband
    Synonym: մարդ (mard)
* spouse (husband or wife)
* life partner

#### Declension

note the unexpected u-type declension of this word
rare

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₁ewk-eno/eh₂- (“one whose habitation, habits (or the like) is together with (somebody else)”), from *sem- (“together”) and *h₁ewk- (“be accustomed, learn”), whence ուսանիմ (usanim). By surface analysis, ամ- (am-) +‎ ուսանիմ (usanim) +‎ -ին (-in). Among the cognates compare especially Sanskrit समोकस् (sám-okas, “dwelling together, closely united with”), ओकस् (okás, “homestead, house”) and possibly Latin uxor.
Had also been compared to Persian آموسنی (āmūsnī, “co-wife”), but Ačaṙean considers the similarity to be accidental due to the difference in meaning.

### Noun

ամուսին • (amusin)
* consort, spouse (husband or wife)
** 5th century, Eznik Kołbacʻi, Ełc ałandocʻ [Refutation of the Sects] :Զի առնիցէ անդ զԱդամ եւ զամուսինն նորաZi aṙnicʻē and zAdam ew zamusinn nora

#### Declension

an unusual genitive-dative-ablative ամուսնէից (amusnēicʻ) is also attested

### Adjective

ամուսին • (amusin)
* married
** 5th century, Bible, Joel 1.8:Ողբա առ իս իբրեւ զհարսն քրձազգած ի վերայ առն իւրոյ ամուսնոյ։Ołba aṙ is ibrew zharsn kʻrjazgac i veray aṙn iwroy amusnoy.Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
* (rare) coeternal, of the same age

#### Derived terms

* ամուսնաբար (amusnabar)
* ամուսնական (amusnakan)
* ամուսնակից (amusnakicʻ)
* ամուսնանամ (amusnanam)
* ամուսնասէր (amusnasēr)
* ամուսնացուցանեմ (amusnacʻucʻanem)
* ամուսնաւոր (amusnawor)
* ամուսնաւորեմ (amusnaworem)
* ամուսնաւորութիւն (amusnaworutʻiwn)
* ամուսնութիւն (amusnutʻiwn)
* ամուսնութիւնընկալ (amusnutʻiwnənkal)
* անամուսնական (anamusnakan)
* անամուսնացեալ (anamusnacʻeal)
* անամուսնութիւն (anamusnutʻiwn)
* աստուածամուսնութիւն (astuacamusnutʻiwn)
* բազմամուսին (bazmamusin)
* բազմամուսնութիւն (bazmamusnutʻiwn)
* վաղամուսնիք (vałamusnikʻ)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: ամուսին (amusin) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Bugge, Sophus (1897) Lykische Studien I (in German), Christiania: Jacob Dybwad, page 56
* ↑ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “uxor”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 758–759
* 1 2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ամուսին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 160–161
* ↑ Solta, G. R. (1960) Die Stellung des Armenischen im Kreise der indogermanischen Sprachen (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 9)‎ (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 403–405
* ↑ Normier, Rudolf (1980) “Nochmals zu *sor-”, in Indogermanische Forschungen (in German), volume 85, →DOI, pages 65–66
* ↑ Klingenschmitt, Gert (1982) Das altarmenische Verbum (in German), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 122
* ↑ 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 466
* ↑ Pinault, Georges-Jean (2013) “The Lady (Almost) Vanishes”, in Adam I. Cooper et al., editors, Multi Nominis Grammaticus: A Festschrift for Alan J. Nussbaum, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, page 249 of 240–254
* ↑ Lagarde, Paul de (1868) Beitraege zur baktrischen Lexikographie (in German), Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, page 14
* ↑ Patkanov, K. P. (1882) Материалы для армянского словаря [Materials for the Armenian dictionary]‎ (in Russian), volume I, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 7
* ↑ Hiwnkʻearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894) “ամուսին”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʻ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language]‎ (in Armenian), Constantinople: G. Paġtatlean Press, page 308a
* ↑ Tʻireakʻean, Yarutʻiwn (1892) “Lezuakʻnnakan [Linguistic Examination]”, in Patker ašxarhik grakanutʻean : Arewmtean hayocʻ i verǰ koys ŽTʻ daru : Masn A (in Armenian), Constantinople: G. Paġtatlean, page 192 of 182–209
* ↑ Tʻireakʻean, Yarutʻiwn (1914) “ամուսին”, in Ariahay baṙaran : Norog tesutʻeambkʻ ew yaweluacovkʻ [Armeno-Aryan Dictionary] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 25

### Further reading

* Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “ամուսին”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 30a
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ամուսին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 72a
* J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “ամուսին”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 45b
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամուսին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 17a
* Xačʻatryan, Lalik (2003) “ամուսին”, in Grabari bacʻatrakan baṙaran (Jewabanoren tararžekʻ baṙer) [Explanatory Dictionary of Old Armenian (Morphologically Polysemantic Words)] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Zangak-97, →ISBN, page 22