փեսայ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Considered a word of unknown origin.[1][2][3][4]

Most words ending in -այ (-ay) are Aramaic / Syriac borrowings. Perhaps փեսայ (pʿesay) is borrowed from an unidentified formation meaning "persuader, wooer, suitor" or "one who has won over [the bride]" from the Aramaic / Classical Syriac verb פיס‎ (pys) / ܦܝܣ‎ (pys, “to persuade, to convince, to win over; to beseech, to plea”). Compare from that verb: Classical Syriac ܦܝܣܐ‎ (pəyāsā, “persuading”), ܡܦܝܣܢܐ‎ (məp̄īsānā, “entreater; persuader”). See CAL and the Sureth Dictionary for more on this root, without the Armenian.[5][6] The Aramaic itself is borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖσαι (peîsai), the aorist active infinitive of πείθω (peíthō, “to convince, persuade; to succeed through entreaty”).

Noun

փեսայ • (pʿesay)

  1. bridegroom, groom
  2. son-in-law
  3. brother-in-law (sister's husband)

Declension
i-type
singular plural
nominative փեսայ (pʿesay) փեսայք (pʿesaykʿ)
genitive փեսայի (pʿesayi) փեսայից (pʿesayicʿ)
dative փեսայի (pʿesayi) փեսայից (pʿesayicʿ)
accusative փեսայ (pʿesay) փեսայս (pʿesays)
ablative փեսայէ (pʿesayē) փեսայից (pʿesayicʿ)
instrumental փեսայիւ (pʿesayiw) փեսայիւք (pʿesayiwkʿ)
locative փեսայի (pʿesayi) փեսայս (pʿesays)

Derived terms
  • փեսածու (pʿesacu)
  • փեսահրաւէր (pʿesahrawēr)
  • փեսայաբար (pʿesayabar)
  • փեսայազգեաց (pʿesayazgeacʿ)
  • փեսայազգեստ (pʿesayazgest)
  • փեսայածին (pʿesayacin)
  • փեսայածու (pʿesayacu)
  • փեսայածութիւն (pʿesayacutʿiwn)
  • փեսայական (pʿesayakan)
  • փեսայանամ (pʿesayanam)
  • փեսայանման (pʿesayanman)
  • փեսայանուէրք (pʿesayanuērkʿ)
  • փեսայապէս (pʿesayapēs)
  • փեսայարան (pʿesayaran)
  • փեսայացուցանեմ (pʿesayacʿucʿanem)
  • փեսայիմ (pʿesayim)
  • փեսայութիւն (pʿesayutʿiwn)
  • փեսայօրէն (pʿesayōrēn)
  • փեսաւէր (pʿesawēr)
  • փեսեղբայր (pʿesełbayr)

Descendants
  • Armenian: փեսա (pʿesa)

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “փեսայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 497
  2. 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 946
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “փեսայ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 763a
  4. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 651
  5. “pys”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  6. “ܦܝܣ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, accessed 2021-03-06

Further reading
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “փեսայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Holst, Jan Henrik (2009) Armenische Studien (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 193, follows Winter
  • Müller, Friedrich (1896), “Kleine Mittheilungen [Armeniaca. — Zu Mīnōīg Chrat II, 37]”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 10, page 355, derives from an unattested Classical Syriac *paisā, from Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “child, son, young person”)
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “փեսայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Winter, Werner (1966), “Traces of early dialectal diversity in Old Armenian”, in H. Birnbaum, J. Puhvel, editors, Ancient Indo-European Dialects: proceedings of the Conference on Indo-European linguistics held at the University of California, Los Angeles, 1963, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →DOI, pages 203–205, derives from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask”), the source of հարսն (harsn, “bride”)
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