գրաստ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գրաստ (grast).

Pronunciation

Noun

գրաստ (grast)

  1. pack animal, beast of burden

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative գրաստ (grast) գրաստներ (grastner)
dative գրաստի (grasti) գրաստների (grastneri)
ablative գրաստից (grasticʻ) գրաստներից (grastnericʻ)
instrumental գրաստով (grastov) գրաստներով (grastnerov)
locative
definite forms
nominative գրաստը / գրաստն (grastə / grastn) գրաստները / գրաստներն (grastnerə / grastnern)
dative գրաստին (grastin) գրաստներին (grastnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative գրաստս (grasts) գրաստներս (grastners)
dative գրաստիս (grastis) գրաստներիս (grastneris)
ablative գրաստիցս (grasticʻs) գրաստներիցս (grastnericʻs)
instrumental գրաստովս (grastovs) գրաստներովս (grastnerovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative գրաստդ (grastd) գրաստներդ (grastnerd)
dative գրաստիդ (grastid) գրաստներիդ (grastnerid)
ablative գրաստիցդ (grasticʻd) գրաստներիցդ (grastnericʻd)
instrumental գրաստովդ (grastovd) գրաստներովդ (grastnerovd)
locative

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian. The Iranian etymon is attested as the first member of the title compounded with *pátiš: Parthian 𐭂𐭓𐭎𐭕𐭐𐭕𐭉 (grstpty /⁠grastbed⁠/), Middle Persian 𐭢𐭫𐭮𐭲𐭯𐭲 (glstpt /⁠grastbed⁠/, chief of the supplies) in Shapur I's inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht and γρασταπατις (grastapatis) (from Old Persian) in a Greek inscription in Mylasa. The basic meaning of the title is probably "chief of caravan animals".

Noun

գրաստ (grast)

  1. pack animal (especially a donkey)
    գրաստ մատակgrast matakmare
  2. (by extension) animal, beast

Declension

u-type
singular plural
nominative գրաստ (grast) գրաստք (grastkʻ)
genitive գրաստու (grastu) գրաստուց (grastucʻ)
dative գրաստու (grastu) գրաստուց (grastucʻ)
accusative գրաստ (grast) գրաստս (grasts)
ablative գրաստէ (grastē) գրաստուց (grastucʻ)
instrumental գրաստու (grastu) գրաստուք (grastukʻ)
locative գրաստու (grastu) գրաստս (grasts)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: գրաստ (grast) (learned)
  • Romani: grast

References

  1. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1956) “Armeno-Indoiranica”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 55, number 1, pages 99–100
  2. ^ Schwartz, Martin (2017) “An Achaemenid Position, and Gathic Composition: OPers. *grasta-(pati-), OAv. grə̄hma-, and PIE √gʰres”, in Enrico Morano, Elio Provasi and Adriano V. Rossi, editors, Studia Philologica Iranica : Gherardo Gnoli Memorial Volume (Serie Orientale Roma N.S.; 5), Rome: Copertina Del Libro, →ISBN, pages 427–432

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