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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Probably borrowed from a Middle Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian *káwHiš, with the augmentative prefix ս- (s-). Has also been connected with the Iranian ethnonym Saka.
Noun
սկայ • (skay)
- giant
- սկայ կին ― skay kin ― giantess
- սկայ անարի ― skay anari ― huge giant
Declension
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սկայ”, 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, pages 226–227
- ^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1970) “Iranica III (Nos. 32-43)”, in Mary Boyce, Ilya Gershevitch, editors, W.B. Henning memorial volume, London: Lund Humphries, page 426
- ^ 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 906
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “սկայ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 683a
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սկայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սկայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy