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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Martirosyan proposes derivation from Proto-Armenian *arast, *erast (“rib, mountain, mountain-ridge”), which may be identified with երաստան (erastan), + -ոյ (-oy).
Adjective
արաստոյ • (arastoy)
- hard, solid (of rocks)
Declension
The declension is postulated by NHB without evidence; only ablative plural ի յարաստոյց (i yarastoycʻ) is attested post-classically.
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “արաստոյ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “արաստոյ”, 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) “arastoy”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 126