յետոյք

Old Armenian

Etymology

From յետ (yet) +‎ -ոյք (-oykʿ) or յետոյ (yetoy) +‎ -ք (-kʿ).

Noun

յետոյք • (yetoykʿ) pl

1. things which are behind
2. back of the body; arse, buttocks, bottom

   յետոյք անասնոց ― yetoykʿ anasnocʿ ― rump, hind-quarter, croup

   յետոյք հաւու ― yetoykʿ hawu ― rump

Declension

i-type

	plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative	յետոյք (yetoykʿ)
genitive	յետոյից (yetoyicʿ)
dative	յետոյից (yetoyicʿ)
accusative	յետոյս (yetoys)
ablative	յետոյից (yetoyicʿ)
instrumental	յետոյիւք (yetoyiwkʿ)
locative	յետոյս (yetoys)

Descendants

• Armenian: հետույք (hetuykʿ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “յետոյք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յետոյ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy