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աքիս

աքիս

Armenian

Noun

աքիս (akʿis)

  1. weasel

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ագիս (agis)
  • աքիստ (akʿist)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

աքիս (akʿis)

  1. weasel
    աքիս սպիտակakʿis spitak ― ermine

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), աքիս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), աքիս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), աքիս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “akʿis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 159