տասն

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Old Armenian

Old Armenian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : տասն (tasn)
    Ordinal : տասներորդ (tasnerord)
    Adverbial : տասնիցս (tasnicʻs)
    Multiplier : տասնակի (tasnaki)
    Collective : տասնեքին (tasnekʻin)

Alternative forms

  • -տասան (-tasan) (in several compounds)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. The -ա- (-a-) instead of -ե- (-e-) is often explained by an assimilation of *տեսան (*tesan) to տասան (tasan), but according to Martirosyan it should rather be explained by the zero-grade ordinal *dḱm̥to-.

Numeral

տասն (tasn)

  1. ten
    ի տասն ամսոյնi tasn amsoynon the tenth of the month
    տասն անգամtasn angamten times
    տասն տասնtasn tasnby tens

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: տասը (tasə)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տասն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տասն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 385
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 602
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017) “Part 9: Armenian”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 424
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տասն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy