լիկ
See also: -լիկ
Old Armenian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *lig-, *leyg-. Cognate with Lithuanian liūgas (“puddle”), Latvian Ludza (“place name in Latvia”), Russian лужа (luža) and Albanian lëgatë (“puddle”). See also լիճ (lič).
Noun
լիկ • (lik)
Usage notes
The word is attested in only one work.
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | լիկ (lik) | լիկք (likkʻ) | |
| genitive | լիկի (liki) | ? | |
| dative | լիկի (liki) | ? | |
| accusative | լիկ (lik) | լիկս (liks) | |
| ablative | լիկէ (likē) | ? | |
| instrumental | ? | ? | |
| locative | լիկի (liki) | լիկս (liks) | |
| the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension | |||
i-a-type or i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | լիկ (lik) | լիկք (likkʻ) | |
| genitive | լկի (lki) | ? | |
| dative | լկի (lki) | ? | |
| accusative | լիկ (lik) | լիկս (liks) | |
| ablative | լկէ (lkē) | ? | |
| instrumental | ? | ? | |
| locative | լկի (lki) | լիկս (liks) | |
| the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension | |||
Synonyms
- (lake): լիճ (lič)
Derived terms
- լկաձև (lkajew)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “լիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press