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պատեան

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From the root պատ- (pat-, the four sides, the surrounding, circle) +‎ -եան (-ean).

Noun

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պատեան (patean)

  1. (botany) hull, pod, cod, husk; rind, peel, bark
  2. (zoology) shell, exoskeleton
  3. (military) sheath, scabbard
    արկանել զսուրն ի պատեանսarkanel zsurn i pateansto sheathe
    մերկանալ զսուրն ի պատենիցmerkanal zsurn i patenicʻto draw, bare or unsheathe a sword
  4. (military) armour, cuirass, breastplate

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: պատյան (patyan)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պատեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press