պատճէն
Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the unattested Parthian cognate of Middle Persian [script needed] (pcyn' /pačēn/). The by-form պաճէն (pačēn) is from Middle Persian. The by-forms պատճեան (patčean), պաճեան (pačean) were back-formed from inflections like պատճենի (patčeni). The by-forms պատճիկ (patčik), պաճիկ (pačik) remain unexplained.
Noun
[edit]պատճէն • (patčēn)
- copy of an official letter
Declension
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| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | պատճէն (patčēn) | պատճէնք (patčēnkʻ) | |
| genitive | պատճենի (patčeni) | պատճենից (patčenicʻ) | |
| dative | պատճենի (patčeni) | պատճենից (patčenicʻ) | |
| accusative | պատճէն (patčēn) | պատճէնս (patčēns) | |
| ablative | պատճենէ (patčenē) | պատճենից (patčenicʻ) | |
| instrumental | պատճենիւ (patčeniw) | պատճենիւք (patčeniwkʻ) | |
| locative | պատճենի (patčeni) | պատճէնս (patčēns) |
Derived terms
[edit]- աւետապատճէն (awetapatčēn)
- պատճէնաբեր (patčēnaber)
- պրակապատճէն (prakapatčēn)
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: պատճեն (patčen)
References
[edit]- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պատճեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պատճէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Müller, Friedrich (1892) “Pahlawi und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 6, pages 264–265
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 224
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պատճէն”, 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, pages 45–46
- 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 902
- Livshits, Vladimir (2006) “Armeno-Partho-Sogdica”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 10, number 1, page 84