ճկոյթ
Old Armenian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
The older spelling is ծկոյթ (ckoytʻ), from *ծլկոյթ (*clkoytʻ), from *ծուլկոյթ (*culkoytʻ), borrowed from a Georgian-Zan language: compare Laz წულუ კითი (ǯulu ǩiti, “pinky”, literally “small finger”).
Noun edit
ճկոյթ • (čkoytʻ)
- little finger, pinky
- կապել զոք ի ճկոյթն իւր ― kapel zokʻ i čkoytʻn iwr ― to conquer, to overcome
Declension edit
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ճկոյթ (čkoytʻ) | ճկոյթք (čkoytʻkʻ) | |
| genitive | ճկութի (čkutʻi) | ճկութաց (čkutʻacʻ) | |
| dative | ճկութի (čkutʻi) | ճկութաց (čkutʻacʻ) | |
| accusative | ճկոյթ (čkoytʻ) | ճկոյթս (čkoytʻs) | |
| ablative | ճկութէ (čkutʻē) | ճկութաց (čkutʻacʻ) | |
| instrumental | ճկութաւ (čkutʻaw) | ճկութաւք = ճկութօք (čkutʻawkʻ = čkutʻōkʻ) | |
| locative | ճկութի (čkutʻi) | ճկոյթս (čkoytʻs) | |
| a genitive singular ճկութան (čkutʻan) is also attested, which supposes a nominative *ճկոյթն (*čkoytʻn) | |||
Derived terms edit
- ճկոյթամայր (čkoytʻamayr)
Descendants edit
- Armenian: ճկույթ (čkuytʻ)
References edit
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճկոյթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճկոյթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճկոյթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press