նապաստակ

The literary form նապաստակ (napastak) is borrowed from Old Armenian նապաստակ (napastak).

Most of the dialectal forms are inherited from Old Armenian *նապարստակ (*naparstak), in some cases via Middle Armenian լապաստակ (lapastak) and its parallel forms.

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [nɑpɑsˈtɑk]

նապաստակ • (napastak)

1. hare (Lepus)

   նապաստակի ականջ ― napastaki akanǰ ― chanterelle, Cantharellus cibarius

• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1998), “նապաստակ”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʿ A. Katʿnasunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book I. Mammals] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Pyunik, § 146, page 19
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “նապաստակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 405a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նապաստակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 428b
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “լապստակ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 202b

• լապըստկանք pl (lapəstkankʿ) (post-classical)

Ačaṙyan reconstructs the older form of the word as *նապարստակ (*naparstak), from which he explains the Middle Armenian and dialectal forms in լ- (l-) as a dissimilation of ն... ր... (n... r...) to լ... ր... (l... r...). The -ր- (-r-) was lost before a sibilant but survived in dialects thanks to a metathesis. Because լ- (l-) is not old Ačaṙyan rejects the attempts to connect with Latin lepus and leaves the origin open. Olsen remarks that the word has an appearance of an Iranian loan (compare the ending -ակ (-ak)) but the exact source has not been definitely established.

նապաստակ • (napastak)

1. hare (Lepus)

   արու նապաստակ ― aru napastak ― buck-hare

   մատակ նապաստակ ― matak napastak ― doe-hare

   ձագ նապաստակի ― jag napastaki ― leveret

   հետք նապաստակի ― hetkʿ napastaki ― form, prick

   գետնափոր նապաստակ ― getnapʿor napastak ― rabbit, cony

2. (post-classical, modern, astronomy) Lepus (constellation)

• Armenian: նապաստակ (napastak) (see there for more forms)
• Middle Armenian: լապաստակ (lapastak) (see there for more forms)

• ճագար (čagar)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “նապաստակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 523–524
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “նապաստակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 405a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նապաստակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 428b
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 245–246