սիք

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • սիւք (siwkʿ), սիգ (sig), սիկ (sik)

Etymology

Usually said to be borrowed from an unknown dialectal cognate of literary Classical Syriac ܙܝܩܐ (zīqā),[1][2] because the latter would have yielded *զիկ (*zik) or *զիկայ (*zikay). Compare Arabic صيق (ṣīq, storm, wind), Sumerian [script needed] (sig-sig, storm; breeze, wind).

Noun

սիք (sikʿ)

  1. breeze, gentle wind

Declension

Derived terms

  • դժնդակասիք (džndakasikʿ)
  • խաղաղասիք (xałałasikʿ)
  • սիքաշարժ (sikʿašarž)
  • սքախառն (skʿaxaṙn)
  • քաղցրասիք (kʿałcʿrasikʿ)

Descendants

References

  1. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 316
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), սիք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 223

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), սիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սիւք, սիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 643a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 460
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), սիք”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 682b
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