Old Armenian

Noun

պատեան • ‎(patean)

1. (botany) hull, pod, cod, husk; rind, peel, bark
2. (zoology) shell, exoskeleton
3. (military) sheath, scabbard

   արկանել զսուրն ի պատեանս‎ ― arkanel zsurn i pateans ― to sheathe

   մերկանալ զսուրն ի պատենից‎ ― merkanal zsurn i patenicʿ ― to draw, bare or unsheathe a sword

4. (military) armour, cuirass, breastplate

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Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: պատյան ‎(patyan)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “պատեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “պատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935