խէչ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• խեչ (xečʻ)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Ačaṙean considers an ablaut grade of խաչ (xačʻ), inherited from Proto-Indo-European.

Noun

խէչ • (xēčʻ)

1. prop, stay, support (for plants)

   խեչ դնել ― xečʻ dnel ― to support, to prop, to prop up, to shore

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	խէչ (xēčʻ)		խէչք (xēčʻkʻ)
genitive	խեչի (xečʻi)		խեչից (xečʻicʻ)
dative	խեչի (xečʻi)		խեչից (xečʻicʻ)
accusative	խէչ (xēčʻ)		խէչս (xēčʻs)
ablative	խեչէ (xečʻē)		խեչից (xečʻicʻ)
instrumental	խեչիւ (xečʻiw)		խեչիւք (xečʻiwkʻ)
locative	խեչի (xečʻi)		խէչս (xēčʻs)
Note: The above declension is postulated by Nor Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean Lezui and is not attested.

Descendants

• Armenian: խեչ (xečʻ)
  • →? Azerbaijani: haça
  • →? Turkish: haça
    • → Armenian: հա՛չա (háčʻa)
• ⇒ Middle Armenian: խեչակ (xečʻak)
  • Armenian: խեչակ (xečʻak)
• →⇒ Middle Georgian: ხეჩაკალი (xečaḳali)

Further reading

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խէչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Marr, N. (1912) “Еще о слове „челеби“ (К вопросу о культурном значении курдской народности в истории Передней Азии [More on the word "chelebi" (On the question of the cultural significance of the Kurdish people in the history of Western Asia)]”, in Записки Восточного отделения Русского археологического общества‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 20 (1910), page 116 of 99–151
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խէչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy