սագճիկ
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *sagčik, from the name of the Sakas. Compare Persian سگزی (sagzi), Classical Syriac ܣܓܙܝܩܝܐ (saḡzīqāyā).
Noun
սագճիկ • (sagčik)
- Saka
Usage notes
Used by Movses Xorenacʿi as the epithet of Rostam, who was a Saka hero.
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | սագճիկ (sagčik) | սագճիկք (sagčikkʿ) | |
| genitive | սագճկի (sagčki) | ? (?) | |
| dative | սագճկի (sagčki) | ? (?) | |
| accusative | սագճիկ (sagčik) | սագճիկս (sagčiks) | |
| ablative | սագճկէ (sagčkē) | ? (?) | |
| instrumental | ? (?) | ? (?) | |
| locative | սագճկի (sagčki) | սագճիկս (sagčiks) | |
| 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 | |||
References
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 71–72