զոքանչ
Armenian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Armenian զոքանչ (zokʻančʻ), Middle Armenian զոնքանչ (zonkʻančʻ).
Pronunciation
edit- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /zoˈkʰɑnt͡ʃʰ/, [zokʰɑ́nt͡ʃʰ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /zoˈkɑnt͡ʃ/, [zokʰɑ́nt͡ʃʰ]
Noun
editզոքանչ • (zokʻančʻ)
- man's mother-in-law (wife's mother)
Declension
edit i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular | plural | |||
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nominative | զոքանչ (zokʻančʻ) | զոքանչներ (zokʻančʻner) | ||
dative | զոքանչի (zokʻančʻi) | զոքանչների (zokʻančʻneri) | ||
ablative | զոքանչից (zokʻančʻicʻ) | զոքանչներից (zokʻančʻnericʻ) | ||
instrumental | զոքանչով (zokʻančʻov) | զոքանչներով (zokʻančʻnerov) | ||
locative | — | — | ||
definite forms | ||||
nominative | զոքանչը/զոքանչն (zokʻančʻə/zokʻančʻn) | զոքանչները/զոքանչներն (zokʻančʻnerə/zokʻančʻnern) | ||
dative | զոքանչին (zokʻančʻin) | զոքանչներին (zokʻančʻnerin) | ||
1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
nominative | զոքանչս (zokʻančʻs) | զոքանչներս (zokʻančʻners) | ||
dative | զոքանչիս (zokʻančʻis) | զոքանչներիս (zokʻančʻneris) | ||
ablative | զոքանչիցս (zokʻančʻicʻs) | զոքանչներիցս (zokʻančʻnericʻs) | ||
instrumental | զոքանչովս (zokʻančʻovs) | զոքանչներովս (zokʻančʻnerovs) | ||
locative | — | — | ||
2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
nominative | զոքանչդ (zokʻančʻd) | զոքանչներդ (zokʻančʻnerd) | ||
dative | զոքանչիդ (zokʻančʻid) | զոքանչներիդ (zokʻančʻnerid) | ||
ablative | զոքանչիցդ (zokʻančʻicʻd) | զոքանչներիցդ (zokʻančʻnericʻd) | ||
instrumental | զոքանչովդ (zokʻančʻovd) | զոքանչներովդ (zokʻančʻnerovd) | ||
locative | — | — |
Derived terms
edit- զոքանչատես (zokʻančʻates)
- զոքանչացու (zokʻančʻacʻu)
- զոքանչերթ (zokʻančʻertʻ)
- զոքանչփերթիկ (zokʻančʻpʻertʻik)
See also
editOld Armenian
editEtymology
editThe origin is unknown. J̌ahukyan compares Sogdian [script needed] (zʾkʾnch /zākānč/, “girl, princess”), which is a diminutive formation from [script needed] (zʾk /zāk/, “girl”).
Noun
editզոքանչ • (zokʻančʻ)
- man's mother-in-law (wife's mother)
- 5th century, Bible, Deuteronomy 27.23:
- Անիծեալ՝ որ ննջիցէ ընդ զոքանչի իւրում․
- Aniceal, or nnǰicʻē ənd zokʻančʻi iwrum;
- Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.
- Անիծեալ՝ որ ննջիցէ ընդ զոքանչի իւրում․
- 5th century, Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicon 2:[1]
- Հերովդէս սպանանէ եւ զմայր սպանելոյ կնոջն՝ զիւր զոքանչ․
- Herovdēs spananē ew zmayr spaneloy knoǰn, ziwr zokʻančʻ;
- Հերովդէս սպանանէ եւ զմայր սպանելոյ կնոջն՝ զիւր զոքանչ․
Declension
editi-a-type or i-type
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | զոքանչ (zokʻančʻ) | զոքանչք (zokʻančʻkʻ) | |
genitive | զոքանչի (zokʻančʻi) | ? | |
dative | զոքանչի (zokʻančʻi) | ? | |
accusative | զոքանչ (zokʻančʻ) | զոքանչս (zokʻančʻs) | |
ablative | զոքանչէ (zokʻančʻē) | ? | |
instrumental | ? | ? | |
locative | զոքանչի (zokʻančʻi) | զոքանչս (zokʻančʻs) | |
the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1818) Ewsebi Pampʻileay Kesaracʻwoy Žamanakakankʻ erkmasneay [Eusebii Pamphili Caesariensis Episcopi Chronicon Bipartitum], volume II, accompanied with the original Greek fragments and a modern Latin translation from Armenian, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 260
Further reading
edit- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զոքանչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 110b
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “զոքանչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 751a
- Gharib, B. (1995) “զոքանչ”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 453b
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “զոքանչ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 243b
- 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 946
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “զոքանչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 191b
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