պայիկ
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Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pdk', “foot-soldier, courier”), Persian پیک (peyk, “messenger”).
Noun
[edit]պայիկ • (payik)
Declension
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| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | պայիկ (payik) | պայիկք (payikkʻ) | |
| genitive | պայկի (payki) | պայկաց (paykacʻ) | |
| dative | պայկի (payki) | պայկաց (paykacʻ) | |
| accusative | պայիկ (payik) | պայիկս (payiks) | |
| ablative | պայկէ (paykē) | պայկաց (paykacʻ) | |
| instrumental | պայկաւ (paykaw) | պայկաւք = պայկօք (paykawkʻ = paykōkʻ) | |
| locative | պայկի (payki) | պայիկս (payiks) |
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պայիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 17ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պայիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 220
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պայիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy