Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հաճ (hač)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

հաճ (hač) (superlative ամենահաճ)

  1. content, contented, pleased, satisfied

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a Middle Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáčatay; compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬉 (hacaitē, to follow, to accompany, to be in accord).

Adjective edit

հաճ (hač)

  1. content, contented, pleased, satisfied
    հաճ առնելhač aṙnelto content, to satisfy
    հաճ լինելhač linelto be content, satisfied, pleased
  2. consenting

Declension edit

Noun edit

հաճ (hač)

  1. satisfaction, contentedness

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հաճ (hač) (learned)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հաճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հաճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 888
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հաճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy