յետոյք

Old Armenian

Etymology

From յետ (yet) +‎ -ոյք (-oykʻ) or յետոյ (yetoy) +‎ -ք (-kʻ).

Noun

յետոյք • (yetoykʻ) pl

  1. things which are behind
  2. back of the body; arse, buttocks, bottom
    յետոյք անասնոց ― yetoykʻ anasnocʻ ― rump, hind-quarter, croup
    յետոյք հաւու ― yetoykʻ hawu ― rump

Declension
i-type
plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative յետոյք (yetoykʻ)
genitive յետոյից (yetoyicʻ)
dative յետոյից (yetoyicʻ)
accusative յետոյս (yetoys)
ablative յետոյից (yetoyicʻ)
instrumental յետոյիւք (yetoyiwkʻ)
locative յետոյս (yetoys)

Descendants
  • Armenian: հետույք (hetuykʻ)

References
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յետոյք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յետոյ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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