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Old Armenian
Etymology
The older form is թէկն (tʻēkn), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teygʷ-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic стєгно (stegno) and Old Irish tóeb.
Noun
թեկն • (tʻekn)
- top of the shoulder, acromion; shoulder bone, shoulder; arm
- թեկն ածել զիրիք ― tʻekn acel zirikʻ ― to attempt; to aspire to, to pant for, to seek; to embroil; to sell off, to dispose of; to explain oneself, to pretend to be
- զվարդապետի, զիշխանի թեկն ածել ― zvardapeti, zišxani tʻekn acel ― to pass oneself off for a doctor, for a prince; to play the grandee, to lord it
- թեկն ածել զաւագութեան, զպատուոյ ― tʻekn acel zawagutʻean, zpatuoy ― to desire eagerly, to covet the primacy, to aspire to honours
- թեկն ածել ումեք ― tʻekn acel umekʻ ― to favour, to support, to assist, to protect, to aid, to defend
- թեկն ածել ընդդէմ ուրուք ― tʻekn acel ənddēm urukʻ ― to rebel, to revolt
- թեկն ի թեկին ― tʻekn i tʻekin ― strutting, looking big, playing the swell, walking or acting in a stately, imposing or boastful manner
- (in the plural) back (of the body), shoulders
- ի թիկանց, ի թիկունս (կոյս), զթիկամբք ― i tʻikancʻ, i tʻikuns (koys), ztʻikambkʻ ― behind, from behind, backward
- բարձրացաւ քան զամենայն ժողովուրդն թիկամբք չափ ի վեր ― barjracʻaw kʻan zamenayn žołovurdn tʻikambkʻ čʻapʻ i ver ― he was taller than all the people from the shoulders upward (head and shoulders taller than all the people)
- ձեռին ուրուք լինել ի վերայ թիկնաց թշնամեաց իւրոց ― jeṙin urukʻ linel i veray tʻiknacʻ tʻšnameacʻ iwrocʻ ― to place one's hand on the necks of one's enemies; to put one's enemy under, to subjugate
- թիկունս դարձուցանել ― tʻikuns darjucʻanel ― to turn the back, to take to fight, to flee
- թիկունս տալ արեւելից ― tʻikuns tal arewelicʻ ― to turn to the west
- դառնալ ի թիկունս (կոյս) ― daṙnal i tʻikuns (koys) ― to turn back, to turn one's back, to fly
- ի թիկունս առաքել ― i tʻikuns aṙakʻel ― to send back, away
- back, hind part of an object (e.g. a book)
- թիկունք նաւին ― tʻikunkʻ nawin ― poop of a ship
- (in the plural, figuratively) aid, succour, assistance, backing up
- ի թիկունս հասանել, կալ, իջանել ― i tʻikuns hasanel, kal, iǰanel ― to fly to the rescue, to send aid or reinforcements, to give a helping hand
- թիկունս առնել/թիկունս օգնականութեան առնել ― tʻikuns aṙnel/tʻikuns ōgnakanutʻean aṙnel ― to form an alliance, to enter into an alliance, to confide in, to recur to, to rely on
- զթիկունս հաստ առնել ― ztʻikuns hast aṙnel ― to strengthen oneself, to be reinforced
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թեկն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թեկն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թեկն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy