սիք
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Old Armenian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from an unidentified cognate of Classical Syriac ܙܝܩܐ (zīqā).[1][2] A direct borrowing from the latter would have yielded *զիկ (*zik) or *զիկայ (*zikay). Compare Arabic صِيق (ṣīq, “storm, wind”) for زِيق (zīq) and Sumerian 𒋝𒋝 (sig-sig /sisig/, “storm; breeze, wind”).
Noun[edit]
սիք • (sikʻ)
- breeze, gentle wind
- 5th century, Eznik Kołbacʻi, Ełc ałandocʻ [Refutation of the Sects] 116:[3]
- […] քանզի յորժամ մեք ասեմք, թե «Սիք շնչէ», ստորնեայք ասեն «Այս շնչէ»։
- […] kʻanzi yoržam mekʻ asemkʻ, tʻe “Sikʻ šnčʻē”, storneaykʻ asen “Ays šnčʻē”.
- Translation by Blanchard & Young
- Because when we say "a breeze blows," the southerners say, "a spirit blows."
- […] քանզի յորժամ մեք ասեմք, թե «Սիք շնչէ», ստորնեայք ասեն «Այս շնչէ»։
Usage notes[edit]
According to Eznik, սիք (sikʻ) was used in northern Armenia, whereas the synonym այս (ays) was used in southern Armenia.
Declension[edit]
o-type
Derived terms[edit]
- դժնդակասիք (džndakasikʻ)
- խաղաղասիք (xałałasikʻ)
- սիքաշարժ (sikʻašarž)
- սքախառն (skʻaxaṙn)
- քաղցրասիք (kʻałcʻrasikʻ)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 316
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սիք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 223
- ^ Blanchard, Monica J., Young, Robin Darling (1998) A Treatise on God written in Armenian by Eznik of Kołb (floruit c.430-c.450). An English translation, with introduction and notes (Eastern Christian texts in translation), Leuven: Peeters, page 87
Further reading[edit]
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period][1] (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
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սիւք, սիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 643a