Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian անց (ancʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Postposition edit

անց (ancʻ)

  1. after; past
    հինգ տարի անցhing tari ancʻfive years later
    ութ անց կեսutʻ ancʻ keshalf past eight

Noun edit

անց (ancʻ)

  1. passage, pass, passageway

Declension edit

References edit

  • անց”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Ačaṙyan rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open. Ałayan derives from Proto-Indo-European *sn̥(t)-sko-, grown from the zero-grade of the root *sent- (to head for, to go) with the suffix *-sko-.

Noun edit

անց (ancʻ)

  1. passing, going, journey
    անցք ժամանակիancʻkʻ žamanakispace of time, lapse of time
    անց եւ անց առնելancʻ ew ancʻ aṙnelto pass, to go
    անց եւ դարձ առնելancʻ ew darj aṙnelto come and go, to traverse
  2. passage, pass; defile; street, lane; avenue; channel, canal; hole, opening; gate
    անցք բնակարանաց՝ սենեկացancʻkʻ bnakaranacʻ, senekacʻgallery, corridor
    անցք՝ բերան անօթիցancʻkʻ, beran anōtʻicʻorifice
  3. (Judaism) Passover, Pesach
  4. abortion
  5. accident, event
    պատմէին իրերաց որ ինչ անցք ընդ իւրեանս անցեալ էինpatmēin ireracʻ or inčʻ ancʻkʻ ənd iwreans ancʻeal ēinthey told each other every thing that had happened them
  6. trouble, vexation, torment
    բազում անցք անցին ընդ իսbazum ancʻkʻ ancʻin ənd isI have suffered much

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: անց (ancʻ), անցք (ancʻkʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անց”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “անց”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “անց”, 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 212–213
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 19–20