աշտեայ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From *աշտ (*ašt), from Middle Persian *ašt, from Old Persian *𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎫𐎡 (*a-r-š-t-i /aršti-/, “spear”) (attested in 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎫𐎡𐎣 (u-v-a-r-š-t-i-k /uvārštika-/, “good spearman”)). Related to Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬌 (aršti, “spear, lance”), Sanskrit ऋष्टि (ṛṣṭí, “spear, lance”) and more distantly to Persian خشت (xešt, “javelin, dart, spear”), Northern Kurdish ئەرش (erş, “spear, lance”), ھەش (heş, “javelin”). Also from Iranian: Avar гӏащтӏи (ʻašštʼi).
Noun
աշտեայ • (ašteay)
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | աշտեայ (ašteay) | աշտեայք (ašteaykʻ) | |
| genitive | աշտէի (aštēi) | աշտէից (aštēicʻ) | |
| dative | աշտէի (aštēi) | աշտէից (aštēicʻ) | |
| accusative | աշտեայ (ašteay) | աշտեայս (ašteays) | |
| ablative | աշտէէ (aštēē) | աշտէից (aštēicʻ) | |
| instrumental | աշտէիւ (aštēiw) | աշտէիւք (aštēiwkʻ) | |
| locative | աշտէի (aštēi) | աշտեայս (ašteays) |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: աշտե (ašte)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աշտեայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 102, 510
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period][1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 515