Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բրիչ (bričʻ)

  1. pick, pickaxe; mattock; hoe
    Coordinate terms: փետատ (pʻetat), փերգ (pʻerg), խազմա (xazma), չափա (čʻapʻa), քլունգ (kʻlung)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

բրեմ (brem) +‎ -իչ (-ičʻ)

Noun edit

բրիչ (bričʻ)

  1. pick, pickaxe; mattock; hoe

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բրիչ (bričʻ) (learned)

References edit

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