Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian բրիչ (bričʿ). The dialectal forms are inherited.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բրիչ (bričʿ)

  1. pick, pickaxe; mattock; hoe
    Coordinate terms: փետատ (pʿetat), փերգ (pʿerg), խազմա (xazma), չափա (čʿapʿa), քլունգ (kʿlung)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

բրեմ (brem) +‎ -իչ (-ičʿ)

Noun edit

բրիչ (bričʿ)

  1. pick, pickaxe; mattock; hoe

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բրիչ (bričʿ) (learned)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “բրիչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բրիչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press