Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From սպաս (spas) +‎ -եակ (-eak).

Noun edit

սպասեակ (spaseak)

  1. servant
  2. guardian
  3. (female) assistant, helper, sick woman's nurse

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սպասյակ (spasyak)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “սպասեակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սպասեակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “սպաս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press