տասն

• -տասան (-tasan) (in several compounds)

From Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. The -ա- (-a-) instead of -ե- (-e-) is often explained by an assimilation of *տեսան (*tesan) to տասան (tasan), but according to Martirosyan it should rather by explained by the zero-grade ordinal *dḱm̥to-.

տասն • (tasn)

1. (cardinal) ten

   ի տասն ամսոյն ― i tasn amsoyn ― on the tenth of the month

   տասն անգամ ― tasn angam ― ten times

   տասն տասն ― tasn tasn ― by tens

• Armenian: տասը (tasə)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “տասն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “տասն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 385
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 602
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017), “Armenian”, in Mate Kapović, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, page 424
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “տասն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy