յոպնակ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Has a shape of an Iranian loan.

Noun

յոպնակ • (yopnak) (hapax legomenon)

  1. a kind of cart for transporting goods
    • 5th century, John Chrysostom, Commentary on Matthew:[1]
      նաև զփայտ և զքար այնպէս կրեն սայլիւք կամ յոպնակօք
      naew zpʻayt ew zkʻar aynpēs kren sayliwkʻ kam yopnakōkʻ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

A hapax legomenon, found only in Chrysostom. The Greek original does not have the equivalent of յոպնակ (yopnak) in this passage.

Declension

i-a-type
singular plural
nominative յոպնակ (yopnak) յոպնակք (yopnakkʻ)
genitive յոպնակի (yopnaki) յոպնակաց (yopnakacʻ)
dative յոպնակի (yopnaki) յոպնակաց (yopnakacʻ)
accusative յոպնակ (yopnak) յոպնակս (yopnaks)
ablative յոպնակէ (yopnakē) յոպնակաց (yopnakacʻ)
instrumental յոպնակաւ (yopnakaw) յոպնակաւք = յոպնակօք (yopnakawkʻ = yopnakōkʻ)
locative յոպնակի (yopnaki) յոպնակս (yopnaks)

Descendants

  • Armenian: հոպնակ (hopnak) (learned)

References

  1. ^ Yovhannēs Oskeberan (1826) Yovhannu Oskeberani yawetaranagirn Matttʻēos [John Chrysostom's Commentary on Matthew] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ) (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 377

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “յոպնակ”, 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 406a
  • Adoncʻ, Nikoġayos (2008) Erker. hat. G., Hayerenagitakan usumnasirutʻyunner [Works. Volume III, Armenian Language Studies]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 403–404, connecting with Ancient Greek ἀπήνη (apḗnē), καπάνη (kapánē).
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յոպնակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “յոպնակ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “յոպնակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 555a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յոպնակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy