գրապան
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- գրապանակ (grapanak)
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (glywpʾn' /grīwbān/, “neck-guard, gorge”), Classical Persian گریبان (girībān, “collar, the opening or breast of a garment; pocket”). For the constituents see Proto-Indo-Iranian *griHwáH (“neck”) and Old Armenian -պան (-pan, “keeper, protector”).
Noun
գրապան • (grapan)
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գրապան (grapan) | գրապանք (grapankʻ) | |
| genitive | գրապանի (grapani) | գրապանաց (grapanacʻ) | |
| dative | գրապանի (grapani) | գրապանաց (grapanacʻ) | |
| accusative | գրապան (grapan) | գրապանս (grapans) | |
| ablative | գրապանէ (grapanē) | գրապանաց (grapanacʻ) | |
| instrumental | գրապանաւ (grapanaw) | գրապանաւք = գրապանօք (grapanawkʻ = grapanōkʻ) | |
| locative | գրապանի (grapani) | գրապանս (grapans) |
Descendants
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գրապան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գրապան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 132
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գրապան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy