նաւակատիք

Old Armenian edit

An Iranian borrowing, +‎ -ք (-kʻ).

The first part goes back to an Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”) (compare Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (nauua)), the second is of uncertain origin. Hübschmann identified it with Proto-Iranian *kata- (“house”) (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀- (kata-, “habitation”), Persian (kade, “habitation”)). But according to Jahukyan, it goes back to Iranian *kāti- (“wish, desire”) (compare Sanskrit काति (kāti, “wishing, desiring”)), from Proto-Iranian *kā- (“to strive for, to desire”) (compare the Iranian etymon of կամք (kamkʻ)) with the verbal suffix *-ti-.

նաւակատիք • (nawakatikʻ) pl

inauguration, dedication, consecration ceremony
առնել զնաւակատիս շինուածոյ ― aṙnel znawakatis šinuacoy ― to inaugurate a building

նաւակատիս առնել սեղանոյն ― nawakatis aṙnel sełanoyn ― to dedicate or consecrate an altar
feast, festival, rejoicing celebrated at the anniversaries of building inaugurations, weddings, etc.
(Christianity) the eve of five “Tabernacle” feasts of the Armenian Apostolic Church, when the fasting rules are relaxed

o-a-type

	plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative	նաւակատիք (nawakatikʻ)
genitive	նաւակատեաց (nawakateacʻ)
dative	նաւակատեաց (nawakateacʻ)
accusative	նաւակատիս (nawakatis)
ablative	նաւակատեաց (nawakateacʻ)
instrumental	նաւակատեաւք = նաւակատեօք (nawakateawkʻ = nawakateōkʻ)
locative	նաւակատիս (nawakatis)

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