թեկն

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

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)

  1. top of the shoulder, acromion; shoulder bone, shoulder; arm
    թեկն ածել զիրիքtʻekn acel zirikʻto 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 ածելzvardapeti, zišxani tʻekn acelto pass oneself off for a doctor, for a prince; to play the grandee, to lord it
    թեկն ածել զաւագութեան, զպատուոյtʻekn acel zawagutʻean, zpatuoyto desire eagerly, to covet the primacy, to aspire to honours
    թեկն ածել ումեքtʻekn acel umekʻto favour, to support, to assist, to protect, to aid, to defend
    թեկն ածել ընդդէմ ուրուքtʻekn acel ənddēm urukʻto rebel, to revolt
    թեկն ի թեկինtʻekn i tʻekinstrutting, looking big, playing the swell, walking or acting in a stately, imposing or boastful manner
  2. (in the plural) back (of the body), shoulders
    ի թիկանց, ի թիկունս (կոյս), զթիկամբքi tʻikancʻ, i tʻikuns (koys), ztʻikambkʻbehind, from behind, backward
    բարձրացաւ քան զամենայն ժողովուրդն թիկամբք չափ ի վերbarjracʻaw kʻan zamenayn žołovurdn tʻikambkʻ čʻapʻ i verhe 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 իւրոցjeṙin urukʻ linel i veray tʻiknacʻ tʻšnameacʻ iwrocʻto place one's hand on the necks of one's enemies; to put one's enemy under, to subjugate
    թիկունս դարձուցանելtʻikuns darjucʻanelto turn the back, to take to fight, to flee
    թիկունս տալ արեւելիցtʻikuns tal arewelicʻto turn to the west
    դառնալ ի թիկունս (կոյս)daṙnal i tʻikuns (koys)to turn back, to turn one's back, to fly
    ի թիկունս առաքելi tʻikuns aṙakʻelto send back, away
  3. back, hind part of an object (e.g. a book)
    թիկունք նաւինtʻikunkʻ nawinpoop of a ship
  4. (in the plural, figuratively) aid, succour, assistance, backing up
    ի թիկունս հասանել, կալ, իջանելi tʻikuns hasanel, kal, iǰanelto fly to the rescue, to send aid or reinforcements, to give a helping hand
    թիկունս առնել/թիկունս օգնականութեան առնելtʻikuns aṙnel/tʻikuns ōgnakanutʻean aṙnelto form an alliance, to enter into an alliance, to confide in, to recur to, to rely on
    զթիկունս հաստ առնելztʻikuns hast aṙnelto strengthen oneself, to be reinforced

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Descendants

  • Armenian: թիկունք (tʻikunkʻ), թեկն (tʻekn)

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