պիսակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պիսակ (pisak).

Pronunciation

Adjective

պիսակ • (pisak) (rare)

  1. mottled, spotted, speckled

Declension

Noun

պիսակ • (pisak)

  1. speckle, spot, mark

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pys /pēs/, “mottled, leprous; leper”) and Persian پیسه‎ (pise, “piebald”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark; variegated, motley, spotted, freckled”); compare պէս (pēs). Also from Iranian: Aghwan 𐕢𐔼𐕚𐔰𐔲 (pisag), Ancient Greek πισάγας (piságas), Classical Syriac ܦܝܣܟܝܐ‎ (pysky /payskāy/).

Adjective

պիսակ • (pisak)

  1. mottled, spotted, speckled
  2. leprous

Declension

Noun

պիսակ • (pisak)

  1. speckle, spot, mark

Declension

Derived terms

  • խայտապիսակ (xaytapisak)
  • պիսակացեալ (pisakacʿeal)
  • պիսակոտ (pisakot)
  • պիսակոտիմ (pisakotim)
  • պիսակութիւն (pisakutʿiwn)
  • պիսակուց (pisakucʿ)

Descendants

  • → Armenian: պիսակ (pisak)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “պիսակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “պիսակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 230–231
  • 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, page 251
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “պիսակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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