շնիկ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian շնիկ (šnik). The computing sense is a semantic loan from Russian соба́чка (sobáčka, dog; at sign).

Pronunciation

Noun

շնիկ (šnik)

  1. little dog, doggy, bow-wow
  2. (computing) at sign
  3. cock, hammer (of a firearm)
    Synonym: (dialectal) խորոզ (xoroz)

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative շնիկ (šnik) շնիկներ (šnikner)
dative շնիկի (šniki) շնիկների (šnikneri)
ablative շնիկից (šnikicʻ) շնիկներից (šniknericʻ)
instrumental շնիկով (šnikov) շնիկներով (šniknerov)
locative
definite forms
nominative շնիկը/շնիկն (šnikə/šnikn) շնիկները/շնիկներն (šniknerə/šniknern)
dative շնիկին (šnikin) շնիկներին (šniknerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative շնիկս (šniks) շնիկներս (šnikners)
dative շնիկիս (šnikis) շնիկներիս (šnikneris)
ablative շնիկիցս (šnikicʻs) շնիկներիցս (šniknericʻs)
instrumental շնիկովս (šnikovs) շնիկներովս (šniknerovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative շնիկդ (šnikd) շնիկներդ (šniknerd)
dative շնիկիդ (šnikid) շնիկներիդ (šniknerid)
ablative շնիկիցդ (šnikicʻd) շնիկներիցդ (šniknericʻd)
instrumental շնիկովդ (šnikovd) շնիկներովդ (šniknerovd)
locative

Old Armenian

Etymology

From շուն (šun, dog) +‎ -իկ (-ik, diminutive suffix).

Noun

շնիկ (šnik)

  1. little dog, doggy, bow-wow
  2. (astronomy) Canis Minor
  3. (astronomy) Canicula, Dog Star, Sirius

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Armenian: շնիկ (šnik)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շնիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շնիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press