եղեգնեայ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From եղէգն (ełēgn, “cane, reed”) +‎ -եայ (-eay, “made of”).

Adjective

եղեգնեայ • (ełegneay)

1. made of cane

   գաւազան եղեգնեայ ― gawazan ełegneay ― cane, stick made of cane

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	եղեգնեայ (ełegneay)		եղեգնեայք (ełegneaykʻ)
genitive	եղեգնէի (ełegnēi)		եղեգնէից (ełegnēicʻ)
dative	եղեգնէի (ełegnēi)		եղեգնէից (ełegnēicʻ)
accusative	եղեգնեայ (ełegneay)		եղեգնեայս (ełegneays)
ablative	եղեգնէէ (ełegnēē)		եղեգնէից (ełegnēicʻ)
instrumental	եղեգնէիւ (ełegnēiw)		եղեգնէիւք (ełegnēiwkʻ)
locative	եղեգնէի (ełegnēi)		եղեգնեայս (ełegneays)

Descendants

• Armenian: եղեգնյա (eġegnya) (eġegnya)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եղեգնեայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• “եղեգնեայ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, 1749–1769