Old Armenian

Noun

առատիկ • ‎(aṙatik)

1. a cord for binding up a criminal’s feet

Declension

Usage notes

The word is attested only in oblique cases առատկաց ‎(aṙatkacʿ) and առատկաւք ‎(aṙatkawkʿ), so the nominative can be reconstructed as *առատիկ ‎(*aṙatik) or *առատուկ ‎(*aṙatuk). The modern literary Armenian has chosen the latter but the etymology points to the former.

Descendants

• Armenian: առատուկ ‎(aṙatuk)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “առատիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “առատիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “առատուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “*aṙatik”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 108