Abaev Dictionary: entry <hi rendition="#rend_italic">ærdong</hi>

Translated from Russian in 2020 by Oleg Belyaev (ed.), Irina Khomchenkova, Julia Sinitsyna and Vadim Dyachkov.

 Абаев, Василий Иванович. Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка. Т. I. A–Kʼ. М.–Л.: Наука, 1958. С. ??–??. font-variant: italic; font-variant: small-caps; quotes: "‘" "’"; quotes: "«" "»";
ærdong
стадо herd стая pack гурт drove bīræǧty ærdong стая волков pack of wolves x˳yty ærdong гурт свиней herd of pigs xutæ ærdongtæj cæwuncæ свиньи ходят стадами pigs walk in herds ǧæwama “Svinovodʼ' xuti ærdongtæ sxæccæ kæna 1.9 mil. wængæ «Свиновод» должен довести стада свиней до 1.9 милл. (the programme) “Svinovod” is expected to increase the number of pig herds up to 1.9 mil. V 24 ūdonmæ dærdʒæf xyztīs x˳yty styr ærdong вдали же от них паслось большое стадо свиней there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding 8 30 Ср. ardanga, ording стая, ‘шайка’. Дальнейшее не ясно. Benveniste (LII 33) связывает с drang- крепко держать; фонетически это очень неплохо, но развитие значения не совсем ясно. Ср. | ærǧaw, . Compare ardanga, ording pack, ‘gang’. Further relations are unclear. Benveniste (LII 33) connects the word with drang- to hold tight; it is quite good on the phonetics part, but the development of the meaning is not quite clear. See | ærǧaw, .