Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գռեհիկ (gṙehik).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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գռեհիկ (gṙehik) (superlative ամենագռեհիկ)

  1. coarse, rough, rude, impolite
  2. unrefined, obnoxious, intolerable
  3. vulgar, crude, primitive

Declension

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nominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative գռեհիկ (gṙehik) գռեհիկներ (gṙehikner)
dative գռեհիկի (gṙehiki) գռեհիկների (gṙehikneri)
ablative գռեհիկից (gṙehikicʻ) գռեհիկներից (gṙehiknericʻ)
instrumental գռեհիկով (gṙehikov) գռեհիկներով (gṙehiknerov)
locative գռեհիկում (gṙehikum) գռեհիկներում (gṙehiknerum)
definite forms
nominative գռեհիկը/գռեհիկն (gṙehikə/gṙehikn) գռեհիկները/գռեհիկներն (gṙehiknerə/gṙehiknern)
dative գռեհիկին (gṙehikin) գռեհիկներին (gṙehiknerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative գռեհիկս (gṙehiks) գռեհիկներս (gṙehikners)
dative գռեհիկիս (gṙehikis) գռեհիկներիս (gṙehikneris)
ablative գռեհիկիցս (gṙehikicʻs) գռեհիկներիցս (gṙehiknericʻs)
instrumental գռեհիկովս (gṙehikovs) գռեհիկներովս (gṙehiknerovs)
locative գռեհիկումս (gṙehikums) գռեհիկներումս (gṙehiknerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative գռեհիկդ (gṙehikd) գռեհիկներդ (gṙehiknerd)
dative գռեհիկիդ (gṙehikid) գռեհիկներիդ (gṙehiknerid)
ablative գռեհիկիցդ (gṙehikicʻd) գռեհիկներիցդ (gṙehiknericʻd)
instrumental գռեհիկովդ (gṙehikovd) գռեհիկներովդ (gṙehiknerovd)
locative գռեհիկումդ (gṙehikumd) գռեհիկներումդ (gṙehiknerumd)

Adverb

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գռեհիկ (gṙehik)

  1. coarsely, roughly, rudely, impolitely
  2. unrefinedly, obnoxiously, intolerably
  3. vulgarly, crudely, primitively

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From գռեհ (gṙeh, street, common road) +‎ -իկ (-ik), which is of the same Iranian origin as գրոհ (groh, mob) and Old Georgian გლეხი (glexi, peasant).

Noun

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գռեհիկ (gṙehik)

  1. commoner, pleb, layman

Declension

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Adjective

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գռեհիկ (gṙehik)

  1. vulgar, plebeian, common

Descendants

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  • Armenian: գռեհիկ (gṙehik) (learned)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գռեհ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գռեհիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 456
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գռեհիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy