դիք

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Armenian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian դիք (dikʻ).

Noun

դիք (dikʻ)

  1. (archaic, collective) gods (pagan)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish دیك (dik).

Adjective

դիք (dikʻ) (superlative ամենադիք)

  1. (dialectal) steep
    դիք ճանապարհdikʻ čanaparhsteep road
  2. (dialectal) protruding, upright; vertical
Declension

Noun

դիք (dikʻ)

  1. (dialectal) hill, hillock
  2. (dialectal) ascent, rise; steep slope
Declension

References

  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “դիք”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

Old Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s; see there for more.

The combining form դիւց- (diwcʻ-) may have arisen from contamination with դիւ- (diw-), combining form of դեւ (dew), or with Proto-Armenian *tiw (god) (see տիւ (tiw, day)).

Noun

դիք (dikʻpl

  1. gods
    կարգել ընդ դիսkargel ənd disto deify, to place in the number of gods
    դաշտային դիքdaštayin dikʻthe rural gods

Usage notes

  • Always used in the plural, even when referring to a single god.
  • The word has the following combining forms: դից- (dicʻ-), դիւց- (diwcʻ-), -դիք (-dikʻ).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: դիք (dikʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դիք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 239