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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կնիք (knikʻ).
Pronunciation
Noun
կնիք • (knikʻ)
- seal
- Synonym: (colloquial) պեչատ (pečʻat)
- կնիք դնել ― knikʻ dnel ― to affix a seal
- ընկերության կնիք ― ənkerutʻyan knikʻ ― corporate seal
- stamp, impression
Declension
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- կնունք (knunkʻ) — post-classical, senses “stamp; stamped image; baptism” only
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒅗𒉌𒄣 (kanīku, “sealed object: document, bag, bulla, etc.”) or 𒁾 (kunukku, “seal-cylinder”), perhaps via Hurrian or Iranian. The alternation ī ~ u in the Akkadian words is perhaps preserved in Armenian կնիք (knikʻ) ~ կնունք (knunkʻ), կնուք (knukʻ).
Noun
կնիք • (knikʻ)
- seal; signet
- կնիք հարկանել ― knikʻ harkanel ― to affix one's seal to, seal
- լուծանել, պարզել զկնիք ― lucanel, parzel zknikʻ ― to unseal, to break the seal
- կնիք դրամոյ ― knikʻ dramoy ― die (embossed device used in stamping coins)
- կնիք տալ ― knikʻ tal ― to seal up, to terminate, to finish
- կնիք բանից ― knikʻ banicʻ ― conclusion, end of speech
- կնիք բանիս ― knikʻ banis ― after all, in fine, in short, in a word
- կնիք դնել բանից ― knikʻ dnel banicʻ ― to wind up a speech, to conclude a discourse
- կնիք Հօր ― knikʻ Hōr ― the only Begotten Son
- կնիք անմահութեան ― knikʻ anmahutʻean ― the seal or stamp of immortality
- կնիք անփակ ― knikʻ anpʻak ― flying seal
- կնիք կուսութեան ― knikʻ kusutʻean ― maidenhead, hymen
- կնիք ազգատոհմի ― knikʻ azgatohmi ― coat of arms, armorial bearings, crest, arms
- stamp, impression of a seal
- (Christianity) sign of the cross
- (Christianity) baptism
- կնիք տալ ― knikʻ tal ― to baptize
- կնիք առնուլ ― knikʻ aṙnul ― to receive baptism, to be baptized
- առնուլ զոք ի կնքոյ ― aṙnul zokʻ i knkʻoy ― to stand godfather or godmother to
- judgement, sentence
Declension
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plural
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կնիք (knikʻ)
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կնիքք (knikʻkʻ)
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| genitive
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կնքոյ (knkʻoy)
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կնքոց (knkʻocʻ)
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| dative
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կնքոյ (knkʻoy)
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կնքոց (knkʻocʻ)
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| accusative
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կնիք (knikʻ)
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կնիքս (knikʻs)
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| ablative
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կնքոյ (knkʻoy)
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կնքոց (knkʻocʻ)
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| instrumental
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կնքով (knkʻov)
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կնքովք (knkʻovkʻ)
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| locative
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կնիք (knikʻ)
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կնիքս (knikʻs)
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| a plural instrumental կնքօք (knkʻōkʻ) is attested, but it should be amended to կնքովք (knkʻovkʻ)
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 1167, page 78
- ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1882) “Lexikalisches”, in Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (in German), page 164
- ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 307–308
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կնիք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 608–609
- ^ Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 105, number 4, page 599a of 597–603
- ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 960
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կնիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կնիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy