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շնիկ

շնիկ

Armenian

Noun

շնիկ (šnik)

  1. little dog, doggy, bow-wow

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From շուն (šun, dog) + -իկ (-ik, diminutive suffix).

Noun

շնիկ (šnik)

  1. little dog, doggy, bow-wow
  2. (astronomy) Canis Minor
  3. (astronomy) Canicula, Dog Star, Sirius

Declension

Synonyms

  • (little dog): սկունդ (skund)

Descendants

References

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