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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