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ելակ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Kipchak language: compare Bashkir еләк (yelək).

First found in Stefanus Roszka's dictionary, quoting two works known only to him, therefore probably written in the Aṙtial (Transylvania) dialect milieu which was spoken by the Armenians in Romania, Hungary and Poland, some of whom immigrated from Crimea. Also found in the Nor Nakhichevan dialect, whose speakers likewise emigrated from Crimea. This geographical context explains the borrowing from Kipchak.

Copied from Roszka's dictionary into standard dictionaries and from there accepted as the standard designation of strawberry in the literary language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ելակ (elak) (Ardeal)[1]

  1. strawberry (fruit and plant of the genus Fragaria)
    Synonyms: (colloquial) կլուբնիկ (klubnik), (dialectal) խմորուկ (xmoruk), (wild) մորի (mori)
    • finished 1731, Stefanus Roszka, Armenian–Latin Dictionary , (quoting from an unknown work abbreviated as Vir. G., which probably refers to some unknown translation of Virgil):[2]
      Որ քաղէք զծաղկունսն եւ զգետնածին ելաքս։
      Or kʻaġēkʻ zcaġkunsn ew zgetnacin elakʻs.
    • finished 1731, Stefanus Roszka, Armenian–Latin Dictionary , (quoting from an unknown work abbreviated as Ašx. tʻ., which probably refers to some unknown geographical work):[2]
      Բուսանին ելագք մրտիկք։
      Busanin elagkʻ mrtikkʻ.

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ելակ (elak) ելակներ (elakner)
dative ելակի (elaki) ելակների (elakneri)
ablative ելակից (elakicʻ) ելակներից (elaknericʻ)
instrumental ելակով (elakov) ելակներով (elaknerov)
locative ելակում (elakum) ելակներում (elaknerum)
definite forms
nominative ելակը/ելակն (elakə/elakn) ելակները/ելակներն (elaknerə/elaknern)
dative ելակին (elakin) ելակներին (elaknerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ելակս (elaks) ելակներս (elakners)
dative ելակիս (elakis) ելակներիս (elakneris)
ablative ելակիցս (elakicʻs) ելակներիցս (elaknericʻs)
instrumental ելակովս (elakovs) ելակներովս (elaknerovs)
locative ելակումս (elakums) ելակներումս (elaknerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ելակդ (elakd) ելակներդ (elaknerd)
dative ելակիդ (elakid) ելակներիդ (elaknerid)
ablative ելակիցդ (elakicʻd) ելակներիցդ (elaknericʻd)
instrumental ելակովդ (elakovd) ելակներովդ (elaknerovd)
locative ելակումդ (elakumd) ելակներումդ (elaknerumd)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Szongott, Kristóf (1906) A Magyarok eredete és őslaka [The origin and ancestry of the Hungarians] (in Hungarian), Szamosújvár: Aurora, page 250
  2. 2.0 2.1 Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “ելագ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 179

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ելակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 10
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ելագ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ելագ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 649a