Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Probably from the preposition առ (aṙ, by, at, near) +‎ տիկ (tik, wineskin).

Noun edit

առատիկ (aṙatik)

  1. a cord for binding up a criminal’s feet

Usage notes edit

The word is attested only in oblique cases առատկաց (aṙatkacʻ) and առատկաւք (aṙatkawkʻ), so the nominative can be reconstructed as *առատիկ (*aṙatik) or *առատուկ (*aṙatuk). The modern literary Armenian has chosen the latter but the etymology points to the former.

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: առատուկ (aṙatuk)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “առատիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “առատիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “առատուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*aṙatik”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 108