մաքառ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From մաքառիմ (makʻaṙim).

Noun

մաքառ • (makʻaṙ)

  1. combat, fight; wrestling; contest, strife, litigation, quarrel, dispute

Declension

i-a-type or i-type
singular plural
nominative մաքառ (makʻaṙ) մաքառք (makʻaṙkʻ)
genitive մաքառի (makʻaṙi) ?
dative մաքառի (makʻaṙi) ?
accusative մաքառ (makʻaṙ) մաքառս (makʻaṙs)
ablative մաքառէ (makʻaṙē) ?
instrumental ? ?
locative մաքառի (makʻaṙi) մաքառս (makʻaṙs)

the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մաքառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մաքառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մաքառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press