գեղասահք
Armenian
editEtymology
editFrom գեղ (geġ) + -ա- (-a-) + սահք (sahkʻ). Coined in the 1970s, replacing the clunky calque ձեւավոր չմշկասահք (jewavor čʻmškasahkʻ).
Pronunciation
edit- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɡeʁɑˈsɑhkʰ/, [ɡeʁɑsɑ́hkʰ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /keʁɑˈsɑhk/, [kʰeʁɑsɑ́hkʰ]
Noun
editգեղասահք • (geġasahkʻ)
- figure skating
- Synonym: (dated) ձեւավոր չմշկասահք (jewavor čʻmškasahkʻ)
Usage notes
editIn colloquial Eastern Armenian, Russian фигу́рное ката́ние (figúrnoje katánije) is often used instead.
Declension
edit| i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||||||
| nominative | գեղասահք (geġasahkʻ) | |||||||
| dative | գեղասահքի (geġasahkʻi) | |||||||
| ablative | գեղասահքից (geġasahkʻicʻ) | |||||||
| instrumental | գեղասահքով (geġasahkʻov) | |||||||
| locative | գեղասահքում (geġasahkʻum) | |||||||
| definite forms | ||||||||
| nominative | գեղասահքը/գեղասահքն (geġasahkʻə/geġasahkʻn) | |||||||
| dative | գեղասահքին (geġasahkʻin) | |||||||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||||||
| nominative | գեղասահքս (geġasahkʻs) | |||||||
| dative | գեղասահքիս (geġasahkʻis) | |||||||
| ablative | գեղասահքիցս (geġasahkʻicʻs) | |||||||
| instrumental | գեղասահքովս (geġasahkʻovs) | |||||||
| locative | գեղասահքումս (geġasahkʻums) | |||||||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||||||
| nominative | գեղասահքդ (geġasahkʻd) | |||||||
| dative | գեղասահքիդ (geġasahkʻid) | |||||||
| ablative | գեղասահքիցդ (geġasahkʻicʻd) | |||||||
| instrumental | գեղասահքովդ (geġasahkʻovd) | |||||||
| locative | գեղասահքումդ (geġasahkʻumd) | |||||||
Derived terms
edit- գեղասահել (geġasahel)
- գեղասահորդ (geġasahord)
- գեղասահորդուհի (geġasahorduhi)
References
edit- Abrahamyan, S. G. (1981) “Žamanakakicʻ hayereni baṙakazmakan ōrinačʻapʻutʻyunneri zargacʻman mitumnerə [The Developmental Trends in the Regular Features of Word Formation in Modern Armenian]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal][1] (in Armenian), number 3, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 46 of 32–47
- Aġayan, Ēduard (1984) Əndhanur ew haykakan baṙagitutʻyun [General and Armenian lexicology][2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 170
- Xlġtʻayan, F. H. (1982) “գեղասահք”, in Baṙaran-teġekatu : Nor baṙer ew imastner [Reference dictionary: New words and meanings] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan, page 58