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յստակ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin is unknown.

Adjective

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յստակ (ystak)

  1. clear, pure
  2. limpid, transparent
  3. (figuratively, of a sound or voice) resounding, ringing

Declension

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i-a-type
singular plural
nominative յստակ (ystak) յստակք (ystakkʻ)
genitive յստակի (ystaki) յստակաց (ystakacʻ)
dative յստակի (ystaki) յստակաց (ystakacʻ)
accusative յստակ (ystak) յստակս (ystaks)
ablative յստակէ (ystakē) յստակաց (ystakacʻ)
instrumental յստակաւ (ystakaw) յստակաւք = յստակօք (ystakawkʻ = ystakōkʻ)
locative յստակի (ystaki) յստակս (ystaks)

Adverb

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յստակ (ystak)

  1. clearly

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Armenian: իստակ (istak), յիստակ (yistak)
  • Armenian: հստակ (hstak)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “յստակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 412ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յստակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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 964
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յստակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy