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Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing; compare Persian سنباده (sonbâde, “sandpaper”), Arabic سُنْبَاذَج (sunbāḏaj) (from Iranian).
Noun
սմպատակ • (smpatak)
- touchstone
6th–7th centuries,
Basil of Caesarea,
Yałags gohutʻean 7:
[1]- Զի, զոր աւրինակ, զծանրութիւն ի կշռոցն մէտս որոշեմք եւ զոսկւոյ զանազանութիւն ընդ սմպատակի (var. ամպատակի, ամպստակի, սմբատակի) շփելով փորձեմք, նոյնպէս առ եդեալսն մեզ ի տեառնէ չափս զյիշատակսն բերելով՝ ոչ արդեաւք ի սահմանացն ուրեք ողջախոհութեանն արտաքս անկցուք:
- Zi, zor awrinak, zcanrutʻiwn i kšṙocʻn mēts orošemkʻ ew zoskwoy zanazanutʻiwn ənd smpataki (var. ampataki, ampstaki, smbataki) špʻelov pʻorjemkʻ, noynpēs aṙ edealsn mez i teaṙnē čʻapʻs zyišataksn berelov, očʻ ardeawkʻ i sahmanacʻn urekʻ ołǰaxohutʻeann artakʻs ankcʻukʻ:
Usage notes
In Basil, translates Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos).
References
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սմպատակ”, 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 234b
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “սմպատակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 724a
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895) Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 177
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սմպատակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy