ամիկ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ամիկ (amik).

Pronunciation

Noun

ամիկ • (amik) (rare)

  1. yearling he-kid
    Hypernym: ուլ (ul)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From ամ (am, year) + -իկ (-ik). Typologically compare Armenian տարեկան (tarekan), Georgian ტარიგი (ṭarigi).

Noun

ամիկ • (amik)

  1. yearling kid or lamb

Descendants

  • Armenian: ամիկ (amik) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ամիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 156b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ամիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “amik”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 47
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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