ասպակ
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Median *aspak, from Old Median σπάκα (“dog”).
Noun
ասպակ • (aspak)
- dog
Usage notes
The word is a hapax legomenon attested only in the following phrase: շունք սեղանոյն ասպակի սպասիցեն (šunkʿ sełanoyn aspaki spasicʿen).
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ասպակ (aspak) | ասպակք (aspakkʿ) | |
| genitive | ասպակի (aspaki) | ? (?) | |
| dative | ասպակի (aspaki) | ? (?) | |
| accusative | ասպակ (aspak) | ասպակս (aspaks) | |
| ablative | ասպակէ (aspakē) | ? (?) | |
| instrumental | ? (?) | ? (?) | |
| locative | ասպակի (aspaki) | ասպակս (aspaks) | |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms
- ասպականի (aspakani)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ասպակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 20