բաստ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Later dialectal alteration of բախտ (baxt). For the sound change compare սարիսխ (sarisx).

Noun[edit]

բաստ • (bast)

  1. good fortune, luck
    բաստս արկանել ― basts arkanel ― to lay a wager, to bet

Declension[edit]

i-type
singular plural
nominative բաստ (bast) բաստք (bastkʻ)
genitive բաստի (basti) բաստից (basticʻ)
dative բաստի (basti) բաստից (basticʻ)
accusative բաստ (bast) բաստս (basts)
ablative բաստէ (bastē) բաստից (basticʻ)
instrumental բաստիւ (bastiw) բաստիւք (bastiwkʻ)
locative բաստի (basti) բաստս (basts)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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