Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The literary form սյուք (syukʻ) is a learned borrowing from Old Armenian սիւք (siwkʻ), an alternative form of սիք (sikʻ). The dialectal form is inherited.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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սյուք (syukʻ)

  1. breeze, gentle wind
    Synonym: զեփյուռ (zepʻyuṙ)

Declension

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սիք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 223
  • Guyumčean, Mesrop K. (1970) “սիւք”, in Əndarjak Baṙaran Hayerēnē Anglierēn [A Comprehensive Dictionary Armenian–English], Beirut: Atlas Press, page 729a