արաստոյ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan proposes derivation from Proto-Armenian *arast, *erast (rib, mountain, mountain-ridge), which may be identified with երաստան (erastan), +‎ -ոյ (-oy).

Adjective

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արաստոյ (arastoy)

  1. hard, solid (of rocks)

Declension

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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արաստոյ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արաստոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “arastoy”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 126