Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian այծ (ayc). The dialectal forms are inherited.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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այծ (ayc)

  1. goat

Declension

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Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (goat).[1][2][3][4][5] See also այծի (ayci).

Noun

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այծ (ayc)

  1. goat (usually she-goat)

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: այծ (ayc), էծ (ēc), ած (ac)dialectal

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “այծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[2], Zagreb, page 9
  5. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ayc”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 58

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “այծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “այծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy