սեպհական

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Wholly borrowed from Iranian: compare Middle Persian (wʾspwhlkʾn /⁠wāspuhragān⁠/, special, particular). Equivalent to սեպուհ (sepuh) +‎ -ական (-akan). Doublet of վասպուրական (vaspurakan).

Adjective

սեպհական (sephakan)

  1. special, peculiar
    սեպհականքsephakankʻone's own part, property or heritage
    սեպհական էր նմաsephakan ēr nmait was specially his, it was his lot

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: սեփական (sepʻakan)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սեպհական”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 202
  • Adoncʻ, Nikoġayos (2006) Erker. hat. A., Patmagitakan usumnasirutʻyunner [Works. Volume I, Historical Studies]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 98–105
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սեպհական”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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 257
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սեպհական”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy