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սպայ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Persian *spāy, from Old Persian *spādah, itself borrowed from Old Median *spāδā (army).

Noun

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սպայ (spay)

  1. army, troops, warriors, cavalry

Declension

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i-type
singular plural
nominative սպայ (spay) սպայք (spaykʻ)
genitive սպայի (spayi) սպայից (spayicʻ)
dative սպայի (spayi) սպայից (spayicʻ)
accusative սպայ (spay) սպայս (spays)
ablative սպայէ (spayē) սպայից (spayicʻ)
instrumental սպայիւ (spayiw) սպայիւք (spayiwkʻ)
locative սպայի (spayi) սպայս (spays)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սպա (spa)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սպայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սպայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սպայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18