յոպնակ
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is unknown. Has a shape of an Iranian loan.
Noun
յոպնակ • (yopnak)
- a kind of cart for transporting goods
- 5th century, John Chrysostom, Commentary on Matthew , (1826 edition, vol. I, page 377):
- նաև զփայտ և զքար այնպէս կրեն սայլիւք կամ յոպնակօք
- naew zpʿayt ew zkʿar aynpēs kren sayliwkʿ kam yopnakōkʿ
- նաև զփայտ և զքար այնպէս կրեն սայլիւք կամ յոպնակօք
Usage notes
A hapax legomenon, found only in Chrysostom. The Greek original does not have the equivalent of յոպնակ (yopnak) in this passage.
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | յոպնակ (yopnak) | յոպնակք (yopnakkʿ) | |
| genitive | յոպնակի (yopnaki) | յոպնակաց (yopnakacʿ) | |
| dative | յոպնակի (yopnaki) | յոպնակաց (yopnakacʿ) | |
| accusative | յոպնակ (yopnak) | յոպնակս (yopnaks) | |
| ablative | յոպնակէ (yopnakē) | յոպնակաց (yopnakacʿ) | |
| instrumental | յոպնակաւ (yopnakaw) | յոպնակաւք = յոպնակօք (yopnakawkʿ = yopnakōkʿ) | |
| locative | յոպնակի (yopnaki) | յոպնակս (yopnaks) |
Descendants
- → Armenian: հոպնակ (hopnak) (learned)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977) , “յոպնակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 406a
- Adoncʿ, Nikołayos (2008) Erker. hat. G., Hayerenagitakan usumnasirutʿyunner [Works. Volume III, Armenian Language Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 403–404, connecting with Ancient Greek ἀπήνη (apḗnē), καπάνη (kapánē).
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) , “յոպնակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865) , “յոպնակ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Grigor Čēlalean, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) , “յոպնակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 555a
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879) , “յոպնակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy