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մատեան

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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A Southwestern Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾtgdʾn' /⁠mādayān⁠/, book), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫖𐫀𐫅𐫏𐫀𐫗 (mʾdyʾn /⁠mādayān⁠/, book, writing). Old Georgian მატიანე (maṭiane), მატიანი (maṭiani) are from the same source, according to Ačaṙean borrowed via Armenian.

Noun

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մատեան (matean)

  1. book; parchment, scroll, roll, register; code, manuscript
    աստուածային, աստուածաշունչ մատեանքastuacayin, astuacašunčʻ mateankʻthe Holy Scriptures, Holy Bible, Holy Writ
    մատենից դարանmatenicʻ daranlibrary
    ի մատենի հարկանել, տալi mateni harkanel, talto write, to set down or couch in writing, to register, to record

Declension

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singular plural
nominative մատեան (matean) մատեանք (mateankʻ)
genitive մատենի (mateni) մատենից (matenicʻ)
dative մատենի (mateni) մատենից (matenicʻ)
accusative մատեան (matean) մատեանս (mateans)
ablative մատենէ (matenē) մատենից (matenicʻ)
instrumental մատենիւ (mateniw) մատենիւք (mateniwkʻ)
locative մատենի (mateni) մատեանս (mateans)

A plural genitive մատեանց (mateancʻ) is also attested.

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մատեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մատեան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “mʾdyʾn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 224a
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mādayān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 53
  • 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 894
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մատեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy