ստէպ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steyb-, *steypH-. Cognate with Ancient Greek στείβω (steíbō, “tread or stamp on, tread under foot”), Lithuanian staibus (“courageous, strong”).

Noun

ստէպ • (stēp)

1. speed, haste, alacrity, diligence

   ստիպաւ, ստիպով ― stipaw, stipov ― in haste, in a hurry, quick, fast, with great speed or alacrity; eagerly, hotly

Declension

o-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	ստէպ (stēp)
genitive	ստիպոյ (stipoy)
dative	ստիպոյ (stipoy)
accusative	ստէպ (stēp)
ablative	ստիպոյ (stipoy)
instrumental	ստիպով (stipov)
locative	ստէպ (stēp)

i-a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	ստէպ (stēp)
genitive	ստիպի (stipi)
dative	ստիպի (stipi)
accusative	ստէպ (stēp)
ablative	ստիպէ (stipē)
instrumental	ստիպաւ (stipaw)
locative	ստիպի (stipi)

Adjective

ստէպ • (stēp)

1. frequent

Adverb

ստէպ • (stēp)

1. frequently, often; incessantly, continually

   ստէպ ստէպ ― stēp stēp ― quickly, hastily; very often, continually, incessantly

   ստէպ կալ ― stēp kal ― to persevere in, to be assiduous, steadfast in, constant in, to apply or addict oneself to

Derived terms

• ստիպաբար (stipabar)
• ստիպագոյն (stipagoyn)
• ստիպապէս (stipapēs)
• ստիպաւ (stipaw)
• ստիպեմ (stipem)
• ստիպեցուցանեմ (stipecʻucʻanem)
• ստիպումն (stipumn)

Descendants

• Armenian: ստեպ (step)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ստէպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ստէպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎^[1], Zagreb, page 11