մոյկ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *mōk. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (mwk' /⁠mōg⁠/, shoe). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *hmáwčati; see there for more.

Noun

մոյկ • (moyk)

  1. shoe

Declension

i-a-type
singular plural
nominative մոյկ (moyk) մոյկք (moykkʻ)
genitive մուկի (muki) մուկաց (mukacʻ)
dative մուկի (muki) մուկաց (mukacʻ)
accusative մոյկ (moyk) մոյկս (moyks)
ablative մուկէ (mukē) մուկաց (mukacʻ)
instrumental մուկաւ (mukaw) մուկաւք = մուկօք (mukawkʻ = mukōkʻ)
locative մուկի (muki) մոյկս (moyks)

the oblique cases are not attested, but are given by Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui

Derived terms

  • միամոյկ (miamoyk)
  • ձորձմոյկ (jorjmoyk) (possibly)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մույկ (muyk) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մոյկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 344a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մոյկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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, page 196
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1868) Beitraege zur baktrischen Lexikographie (in German), Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, page 49
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մոյկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy