ասպակ
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Median *aspak, from Old Median σπάκα (spáka, “dog”).
Noun
[edit]ասպակ • (aspak)
Usage notes
[edit]The word is a hapax legomenon attested only in the following phrase: շունք սեղանոյն ասպակի սպասիցեն (šunkʻ sełanoyn aspaki spasicʻen).
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ասպակ (aspak) | ասպակք (aspakkʻ) |
| genitive | ասպակի (aspaki) | ? |
| dative | ասպակի (aspaki) | ? |
| accusative | ասպակ (aspak) | ասպակս (aspaks) |
| ablative | ասպակէ (aspakē) | ? |
| instrumental | ? | ? |
| locative | ասպակի (aspaki) | ասպակս (aspaks) |
the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension
Derived terms
[edit]- ասպականի (aspakani)
References
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ասպակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1][1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 20