գէշ

Old Armenian

գիշ (giš) (post-classical, by back-formation from compounds such as գիշ-ակեր (giš-aker))

The origin is uncertain. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow; poison”), with cognates such as Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀𐬵 (vaēšah, “decay, decomposition”), 𐬬𐬌𐬱- (viš-), 𐬬𐬌𐬱𐬀 (viša, “poison”), Sanskrit विष (viṣa, “poison”), Ancient Greek ἰός (iós), Latin virus. According to J̌ahukyan 2010, a borrowing from the Iranian cognate is more likely than direct inheritance from Proto-Indo-European.

գէշ • (gēš)

corpse, carrion, dead body
գէշ արկանել ― gēš arkanel ― to devour or make beasts eat
ripped piece of body
գէշ գէշ պատառիլ ― gēš gēš pataṙil ― to be torn into pieces
(by extension) a piece of anything broken, a splinter, fragment

o-type

	singular	plural
nominative	գէշ (gēš)	գէշք (gēškʻ)
genitive	գիշոյ (gišoy)	գիշոց (gišocʻ)
dative	գիշոյ (gišoy)	գիշոց (gišocʻ)
accusative	գէշ (gēš)	գէշս (gēšs)
ablative	գիշոյ (gišoy)	գիշոց (gišocʻ)
instrumental	գիշով (gišov)	գիշովք (gišovkʻ)
locative	գէշ (gēš)	գէշս (gēšs)
the genitive singular can also be գիշի (giši) and the genitive plural գիշուց (gišucʻ)

գէշ • (gēš)

Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գէշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գէշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Pokorny, Julius (1959) “³u̯eis-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1134
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գէշ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 159b