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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Median *aspak, from Old Median σπάκα (“dog”).
Noun
ասպակ • (aspak)
- dog
Usage notes
The word is a hapax legomenon attested only in the following phrase: շունք սեղանոյն ասպակի սպասիցեն (šunkʻ sełanoyn aspaki spasicʻen).
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ասպակ (aspak)
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ասպակք (aspakkʻ)
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| genitive
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ասպակի (aspaki)
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| dative
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ասպակի (aspaki)
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| accusative
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ասպակ (aspak)
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ասպակս (aspaks)
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| ablative
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ասպակէ (aspakē)
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| instrumental
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| locative
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ասպակի (aspaki)
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ասպակս (aspaks)
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the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension
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Derived terms
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ասպակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 20