նաւակատիք
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An Iranian borrowing, + -ք (-kʻ).
The first part goes back to an Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”) (compare Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (nauua)), the second is of uncertain origin. Hübschmann identified it with Proto-Iranian *kata- (“house”) (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀- (kata-, “habitation”), Persian کده (kade, “habitation”)). But according to Jahukyan, it goes back to Iranian *kāti- (“wish, desire”) (compare Sanskrit काति (kāti, “wishing, desiring”)), from Proto-Iranian *kā- (“to strive for, to desire”) (compare the Iranian etymon of կամք (kamkʻ)) with the verbal suffix *-ti-.
Noun
[edit]նաւակատիք • (nawakatikʻ) pl
- inauguration, dedication, consecration ceremony
- առնել զնաւակատիս շինուածոյ ― aṙnel znawakatis šinuacoy ― to inaugurate a building
- նաւակատիս առնել սեղանոյն ― nawakatis aṙnel sełanoyn ― to dedicate or consecrate an altar
- feast, festival, rejoicing celebrated at the anniversaries of building inaugurations, weddings, etc.
- (Christianity) the eve of five “Tabernacle” feasts of the Armenian Apostolic Church, when the fasting rules are relaxed
Declension
[edit]o-a-type
| plural only (plurale tantum) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | նաւակատիք (nawakatikʻ) |
| genitive | նաւակատեաց (nawakateacʻ) |
| dative | նաւակատեաց (nawakateacʻ) |
| accusative | նաւակատիս (nawakatis) |
| ablative | նաւակատեաց (nawakateacʻ) |
| instrumental | նաւակատեաւք = նաւակատեօք (nawakateawkʻ = nawakateōkʻ) |
| locative | նաւակատիս (nawakatis) |
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: նավակատիք (navakatikʻ)
References
[edit]- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նաւակատիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նաւակատիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նաւակատիք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “նաւակատիք”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 202
- Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “նաւակատիք”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1995) “Hay-iranakan lezvakan zugadipumner [Armenian–Iranian Lingual Parallels]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal][1] (in Armenian), number 2, pages 183–186