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դիք

դիք

Armenian

Noun

դիք (dikʿ)

  1. (archaic, collective) gods (pagan)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Turkish dik.

Adjective

դիք (dikʿ) (superlative ամենադիք)

  1. (dialectal) steep
    դիք ճանապարհdikʿ čanaparh ― steep road
  2. (dialectal) protruding, upright; vertical
Declension

Noun

դիք (dikʿ)

  1. (dialectal) hill, hillock
  2. (dialectal) ascent, rise; steep slope
Declension

References

  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), դիք”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s; see there for more.

The combining form դիւց- (diwcʿ-) may have arisen from contamination with դիւ- (diw-), combining form of դեւ (dew), or with Proto-Armenian *tiw (god) (see տիւ (tiw, day)).

Noun

դիք (dikʿ) pl

  1. gods
    կարգել ընդ դիսkargel ənd dis ― to deify, to place in the number of gods
    դաշտային դիքdaštayin dikʿ ― the rural gods

Declension

Usage notes

  • Always used in the plural, even when referring to a single god.
  • The word has the following combining forms: դից- (dicʿ-), դիւց- (diwcʿ-), -դիք (-dikʿ).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), դիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), դիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), դիք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 239