# դիք
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /dikʰ/, [dikʰ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /tik/, [tʰikʰ]
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### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դիք (dikʻ).

#### Noun

դիք • (dikʻ)
* (archaic, collective) pagan gods

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیك (dik).

#### Adjective

դիք • (dikʻ) (superlative ամենադիք)
* (dialectal) steep
    դիք ճանապարհ ― dikʻ čanaparh ― steep road
* (dialectal) protruding, upright; vertical

##### Declension
#### Noun

դիք • (dikʻ)
* (dialectal) hill, hillock
* (dialectal) ascent, rise; steep slope

##### Declension
### References

* Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “դիք”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s.
The combining form դիւց- (diwcʻ-) may have arisen from contamination with դիւ- (diw-), combining form of դև (dew), or with hypothetical Proto-Armenian *tiw (“god”) (see տիւ (tiw, “day”)).

### Noun

դիք • (dikʻ) pl
* gods
** 5th century, Agatʻangełos, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of the Armenians] 778:Նախ դիպեալ ի ճանապարհի երազացոյց երազահան պաշտաման Տրի դից, դպրի գիտութեան քրմաց, անուանեալ Դիւան գրչի Որմզդի, ուսման ճարտարութեան մեհեանNax dipeal i čanaparhi erazacʻoycʻ erazahan paštaman Tri dicʻ, dpri gitutʻean kʻrmacʻ, anuaneal Diwan grčʻi Ormzdi, usman čartarutʻean meheanTranslation by R. W. ThomsonOn the road he first came across the shrine of the god Tir, the interpreter of dreams, the scribe of pagan learning, who was called the secretary of Ormizd, a temple of learned instruction.

#### Usage notes

* Always used in the plural, even when referring to a single god.
* The word has the following combining forms: դից- (dicʻ-), դիւց- (diwcʻ-), -դիք (-dikʻ).

#### Derived terms

* ամենադից (amenadicʻ)
* ամէնադիւց (amēnadiwcʻ)
* դիցազանական (dicʻazanakan)
* դիցազնական (dicʻaznakan)
* դիցախառն (dicʻaxaṙn)
* դիցախելար (dicʻaxelar)
* դիցակրօն (dicʻakrōn)
* դիցապաշտ (dicʻapašt)
* դիցապաշտութիւն (dicʻapaštutʻiwn)
* դիցասէր (dicʻasēr)
* դիւցաբանութիւն (diwcʻabanutʻiwn)
* դիւցազեան (diwcʻazean)
* դիւցազն (diwcʻazn)
* դիւցազնաբար (diwcʻaznabar)
* դիւցազնական (diwcʻaznakan)
* դիւցազնային (diwcʻaznayin)
* դիւցազնացեալ (diwcʻaznacʻeal)
* դիւցազնեալ (diwcʻazneal)
* դիւցազնեայ (diwcʻazneay)
* դիւցազնութիւն (diwcʻaznutʻiwn)
* դիւցախառն (diwcʻaxaṙn)
* դիւցախելար (diwcʻaxelar)
* դիւցակատար (diwcʻakatar)
* դիւցակրօն (diwcʻakrōn)
* դիւցամոլ (diwcʻamol)
* դիւցային (diwcʻayin)
* դիւցապաշտ (diwcʻapašt)
* դիւցապաշտութիւն (diwcʻapaštutʻiwn)
* դիւցընկէց (diwcʻənkēcʻ)
* կիսադիք (kisadikʻ)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: դիք (dikʻ) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Thomson, R. W. (1976) Agathangelos, History of the Armenians‎, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, pages 316–317

### Further reading

* Abeġyan, Manuk (1985) Erker [Works] (in Armenian), volume 8, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 41–42
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դիք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 672–673
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1992) “Lezvakan nor tvyalner hayocʻ naxakʻristoneakan kroni ew havatalikʻneri masin [New Linguistic Data on Pre-Christian Religion and Beliefs of the Armenians]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 1, page 17
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1899) “Hübschmann H.: Armenische Grammatik. I. Theil. Armenische Etymologie. II. Abteilung. Die syrischen und griechischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen und die echtarmenischen Wörter”, in Indogermanische Forschungen. Anzeiger für indogermanische Sprach- und Altertumskunde. Beiblatt zu den Indogermanischen Forschungen (in German), volume 10, page 45 of 41–50
* Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 239
* Martirosyan, Hrach (2019) “Traces of Indo-European ‘Father Sky, God’ in Armenian”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, pages 195–205
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy