ստէպ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steyb-, *steypH-. Cognate with Ancient Greek στείβω (steíbō, “tread or stamp on, tread under foot”), Lithuanian staibus (“courageous, strong”).

Noun

ստէպ • (stēp)

  1. speed, haste, alacrity, diligence
    ստիպաւ, ստիպով ― stipaw, stipov ― in haste, in a hurry, quick, fast, with great speed or alacrity; eagerly, hotly

Declension
o-type
singular (uncountable)
nominative ստէպ (stēp)
genitive ստիպոյ (stipoy)
dative ստիպոյ (stipoy)
accusative ստէպ (stēp)
ablative ստիպոյ (stipoy)
instrumental ստիպով (stipov)
locative ստէպ (stēp)
i-a-type
singular (uncountable)
nominative ստէպ (stēp)
genitive ստիպի (stipi)
dative ստիպի (stipi)
accusative ստէպ (stēp)
ablative ստիպէ (stipē)
instrumental ստիպաւ (stipaw)
locative ստիպի (stipi)

Adjective

ստէպ • (stēp)

  1. frequent

Adverb

ստէպ • (stēp)

  1. frequently, often; incessantly, continually
    ստէպ ստէպ ― stēp stēp ― quickly, hastily; very often, continually, incessantly
    ստէպ կալ ― stēp kal ― to persevere in, to be assiduous, steadfast in, constant in, to apply or addict oneself to

Derived terms
  • ստիպաբար (stipabar)
  • ստիպագոյն (stipagoyn)
  • ստիպապէս (stipapēs)
  • ստիպաւ (stipaw)
  • ստիպեմ (stipem)
  • ստիպեցուցանեմ (stipecʻucʻanem)
  • ստիպումն (stipumn)

Descendants
  • Armenian: ստեպ (step)

References
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ստէպ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ստէպ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎, Zagreb, page 11
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