Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian այգ (ayg).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

այգ (ayg) (poetic, archaic)

  1. daybreak, dawn, morning
    Synonyms: լուսաբաց (lusabacʻ), այգաբաց (aygabacʻ)
  2. (figuratively) dawn (of), outset (of), start (of)
  3. (figuratively) youth

Declension edit

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Armenian *aygo-, from *awyo-, from *aw(h)i-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ws-s-i, locative singular of *h₂éwsōs (dawn).

Noun edit

այգ (ayg)

  1. morning
    ընդ այգն, յայգուէ, ընդ այգս այգուն, այգուն/այգուցնənd aygn, yayguē, ənd aygs aygun, aygun/aygucʻnat day-break, at the dawn of day, in the morning
    այգ լինելayg linelto dawn

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: այգ (ayg) (learned)
  • ? Old Georgian: ზეგ (zeg)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “այգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “այգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “այգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ayg”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 54