Ասորիք

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Ասորիք (Asorikʻ).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑsoˈɾikʰ/, [ɑsoɾíkʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑsoˈɾik/, [ɑsoɾíkʰ]
• Hyphenation: Ա‧սո‧րիք

Proper noun

Ասորիք • (Asorikʻ)

1. (historical) (historical) Syria (an ancient region in the Levant in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern country of Syria)
2. (historical) Syria (an ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Ասորիք (Asorikʻ)
dative	Ասորիքի (Asorikʻi)
ablative	Ասորիքից (Asorikʻicʻ)
instrumental	Ասորիքով (Asorikʻov)
locative	Ասորիքում (Asorikʻum)
	definite forms
nominative	Ասորիքը/Ասորիքն (Asorikʻə/Asorikʻn)
dative	Ասորիքին (Asorikʻin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Ասորիքս (Asorikʻs)
dative	Ասորիքիս (Asorikʻis)
ablative	Ասորիքիցս (Asorikʻicʻs)
instrumental	Ասորիքովս (Asorikʻovs)
locative	Ասորիքումս (Asorikʻums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Ասորիքդ (Asorikʻd)
dative	Ասորիքիդ (Asorikʻid)
ablative	Ասորիքիցդ (Asorikʻicʻd)
instrumental	Ասորիքովդ (Asorikʻovd)
locative	Ասորիքումդ (Asorikʻumd)

Related terms

• ասորի (asori)

See also

• Սիրիա (Siria), Ասորեստան (Asorestan)

Old Armenian

Etymology

ասորի (asori) +‎ -ք (-kʻ)

Proper noun

Ասորիք • (Asorikʻ) pl

1. (historical) (historical) Syria (an ancient region in the Levant in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern country of Syria)
2. (historical) Syria (an ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE)

Declension

o-a-type

	plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative	Ասորիք (Asorikʻ)
genitive	Ասորեաց (Asoreacʻ)
dative	Ասորեաց (Asoreacʻ)
accusative	Ասորիս (Asoris)
ablative	Ասորեաց (Asoreacʻ)
instrumental	Ասորեաւք = Ասորեօք (Asoreawkʻ = Asoreōkʻ)
locative	Ասորիս (Asoris)

o-type

	plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative	Ասորիք (Asorikʻ)
genitive	Ասորւոց (Asorwocʻ)
dative	Ասորւոց (Asorwocʻ)
accusative	Ասորս (Asors)
ablative	Ասորւոց (Asorwocʻ)
instrumental	Ասորւովք (Asorwovkʻ)
locative	Ասորս (Asors)

Descendants

• Armenian: Ասորիք (Asorikʻ)

References

• Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Ասորիք”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names]‎^[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy