ասպարէզ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ասպարէս (asparēs)
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾsplys). See also երէզ (erēz).
Noun
ասպարէզ • (asparēz)
- hippodrome, racecourse
- stadion (a unit of length equal to 184.97 meters)
- field, place, area, arena
- ասպարէզ ըմբշամարտութեան ― asparēz əmbšamartutʿean ― wrestling place
- դիմել, իջանել, խոյանալ, ելանել յասպարէզ ― dimel, iǰanel, xoyanal, elanel yasparēz ― to throw oneself, to brave, to descend, to fling, to rush, to hurl in the arena
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ասպարէզ (asparēz) | ասպարէզք (asparēzkʿ) | |
| genitive | ասպարիզի (asparizi) | ասպարիզաց (asparizacʿ) | |
| dative | ասպարիզի (asparizi) | ասպարիզաց (asparizacʿ) | |
| accusative | ասպարէզ (asparēz) | ասպարէզս (asparēzs) | |
| ablative | ասպարիզէ (asparizē) | ասպարիզաց (asparizacʿ) | |
| instrumental | ասպարիզաւ (asparizaw) | ասպարիզաւք = ասպարիզօք (asparizawkʿ = asparizōkʿ) | |
| locative | ասպարիզի (asparizi) | ասպարէզս (asparēzs) |
Derived terms
- ասպարիսախաղաց (asparisaxałacʿ)
- ասպարիսական (asparisakan)
- ասպարիսեմ (asparisem)
Related terms
- հասբ (hasb)
Descendants
- Armenian: ասպարեզ (asparez)
- →? Old Georgian: ასპარეზი (asṗarezi) (or directly from Middle Persian)
- Georgian: ასპარეზი (asṗarezi)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ասպարէզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ասպարէզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ասպարէզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ասպարէզ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
- Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “ասպարէզ”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press