յատակ

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Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian յատակ (yatak).

Noun

յատակ (yatak)

  1. bottom (e.g. of a sea, stomach, etc.)
  2. land, country
    յատակ հայրենեացyatak hayreneacʻnative land or country
  3. homeland

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ատակ (atak)
    • Udi: атӏакӏ (aṭaḳ)

References

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յատակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յատակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan, from յ- (y-) +‎ Iranian *a-tā̆k (bottomless), composed of the privative prefix *a- and *tā̆k (bottom), whence տակ (tak).

Noun

յատակ (yatak)

  1. bottom (of sea, underworld, hell, etc.)
    յատակ գետոցyatak getocʻcanal, bed of a river
    յատակ աղիւսակերտyatak ałiwsakertbrick pavement
    յատակ սալայատակyatak salayatakstone pavement
    յատակ նաւուyatak nawukeel of a ship
    առ յատակաւ կործանել, քանդել մինչեւ ցյատակ/ցյատակսaṙ yatakaw korcanel, kʻandel minčʻew cʻyatak/cʻyataksto raze to the ground, to level or lay even with the ground, to demolish, to raze or pull down; to sap, to undermine
    լի լինել գետոյն յամենայն յատակս իւրli linel getoyn yamenayn yataks iwrto be swelled very high, to rise, to swell beyond, to overflow
  2. land, country
    յատակ հայրենի/հայրենեացyatak hayreni/hayreneacʻnative land or country, birth-place, home

Declension

i-a-type
singular plural
nominative յատակ (yatak) յատակք (yatakkʻ)
genitive յատակի (yataki) յատակաց (yatakacʻ)
dative յատակի (yataki) յատակաց (yatakacʻ)
accusative յատակ (yatak) յատակս (yataks)
ablative յատակէ (yatakē) յատակաց (yatakacʻ)
instrumental յատակաւ (yatakaw) յատակաւք = յատակօք (yatakawkʻ = yatakōkʻ)
locative յատակի (yataki) յատակս (yataks)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յատակ”, 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) “յատակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 489
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յատակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy