Armenian

Alternative forms

Noun

նապաստակ • ‎(napastak)

1. hare (Lepus)

   նապաստակի ականջ‎ ― napastaki akanǰ ― chanterelle, Cantharellus cibarius

Declension

References

• Łazaryan, Ṙuben S. (1998), “նապաստակ”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʿ A. Katʿnasunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book I. Mammals] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Pyunik, § 146, page 19
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “նապաստակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 405a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նապաստակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 428b
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “լապստակ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 202b

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• լապըստկանք pl ‎(lapəstkankʿ) (post-classical)

Etymology

Ačaṙyan reconstructs the older form of the word as *նապարստակ ‎(*naparstak), from which he explains the Middle Armenian and dialectal forms in լ- ‎(l-) as a dissimilation of ն... ր... ‎(n... r...) to լ... ր... ‎(l... r...). The -ր- ‎(-r-) was lost before a sibilant but survived in dialects thanks to a metathesis. Because լ- ‎(l-) is not old Ačaṙyan rejects the attempts to connect with Latin lepus and leaves the origin open. Olsen remarks that the word has an appearance of an Iranian loan (compare the ending -ակ ‎(-ak)) but the exact source has not been definitely established.

Noun

նապաստակ • ‎(napastak)

1. hare (Lepus)

   արու նապաստակ‎ ― aru napastak ― buck-hare

   մատակ նապաստակ‎ ― matak napastak ― doe-hare

   ձագ նապաստակի‎ ― jag napastaki ― leveret

   հետք նապաստակի‎ ― hetkʿ napastaki ― form, prick

   գետնափոր նապաստակ‎ ― getnapʿor napastak ― rabbit, cony

2. (post-classical, modern, astronomy) Lepus (constellation)

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: նապաստակ ‎(napastak) (see there for more forms)
• Middle Armenian: լապաստակ ‎(lapastak) (see there for more forms)

See also

• ճագար ‎(čagar)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “նապաստակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 523–524
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “նապաստակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 405a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նապաստակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 428b
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 245–246