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