աշտեայ
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Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An Iranian borrowing: compare Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎫𐎡𐏁 (a-r-š-t-i-š /arštiš/, “spear”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬌 (aršti, “spear, lance”), Sanskrit ऋष्टि (ṛṣṭí, “spear, lance”), and more distantly Persian خشت (xešt, “javelin, dart, spear”), Northern Kurdish ئەرش (erş, “spear, lance”), ھەش (heş, “javelin”). Also from Iranian: Avar гӏащтӏи (ʻašštʼi).
Noun
[edit]աշտեայ • (ašteay)
Declension
[edit]i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | աշտեայ (ašteay) | աշտեայք (ašteaykʻ) | |
| genitive | աշտէի (aštēi) | աշտէից (aštēicʻ) | |
| dative | աշտէի (aštēi) | աշտէից (aštēicʻ) | |
| accusative | աշտեայ (ašteay) | աշտեայս (ašteays) | |
| ablative | աշտէէ (aštēē) | աշտէից (aštēicʻ) | |
| instrumental | աշտէիւ (aštēiw) | աշտէիւք (aštēiwkʻ) | |
| locative | աշտէի (aštēi) | աշտեայս (ašteays) |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: աշտե (ašte)
References
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աշտեայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 102, 510
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period][1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 515
- 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 865