գաղջ
Armenian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Armenian գաղջ (gałǰ); see it for more.
Pronunciation
edit- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɡɑʁd͡ʒ/, [ɡɑʁd͡ʒ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /kɑχt͡ʃ/, [kʰɑχt͡ʃʰ]
Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)
Adjective
editգաղջ • (gaġǰ) (superlative ամենագաղջ)
Declension
editnominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գաղջ (gaġǰ) | գաղջեր (gaġǰer) | ||
| dative | գաղջի (gaġǰi) | գաղջերի (gaġǰeri) | ||
| ablative | գաղջից (gaġǰicʻ) | գաղջերից (gaġǰericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | գաղջով (gaġǰov) | գաղջերով (gaġǰerov) | ||
| locative | գաղջում (gaġǰum) | գաղջերում (gaġǰerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | գաղջը/գաղջն (gaġǰə/gaġǰn) | գաղջերը/գաղջերն (gaġǰerə/gaġǰern) | ||
| dative | գաղջին (gaġǰin) | գաղջերին (gaġǰerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | գաղջս (gaġǰs) | գաղջերս (gaġǰers) | ||
| dative | գաղջիս (gaġǰis) | գաղջերիս (gaġǰeris) | ||
| ablative | գաղջիցս (gaġǰicʻs) | գաղջերիցս (gaġǰericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | գաղջովս (gaġǰovs) | գաղջերովս (gaġǰerovs) | ||
| locative | գաղջումս (gaġǰums) | գաղջերումս (gaġǰerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | գաղջդ (gaġǰd) | գաղջերդ (gaġǰerd) | ||
| dative | գաղջիդ (gaġǰid) | գաղջերիդ (gaġǰerid) | ||
| ablative | գաղջիցդ (gaġǰicʻd) | գաղջերիցդ (gaġǰericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | գաղջովդ (gaġǰovd) | գաղջերովդ (gaġǰerovd) | ||
| locative | գաղջումդ (gaġǰumd) | գաղջերումդ (gaġǰerumd) | ||
Old Armenian
editAlternative forms
edit- գաղճ (gałč)
Etymology
editAccording to Martirosyan perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥-yéh₂-s, genitive of *wól-ih₂, whence գոլ (gol); see it for more.[1]
Adjective
editգաղջ • (gałǰ)
Declension
editi-type
Derived terms
edit- գաղճանամ (gałčanam)
- գաղջանամ (gałǰanam)
- գաղջացուցանեմ (gałǰacʻucʻanem)
Descendants
edit- Armenian: գաղջ (gaġǰ)
References
edit- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “gaɫǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 195
Further reading
edit- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գաղջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաղջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաղջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy