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մահիճք

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin is unknown.[1][2] J̌ahukyan compares with Arabic مَهْجَع (mahjaʕ, “bedroom, dormitory”).[3]

Noun

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մահիճք • (mahičkʻ) pl

  1. bed
    ի մահիճս մահու ― i mahičs mahu ― on one's deathbed
    անկեալ դնիլ ի մահիճս ― ankeal dnil i mahičs ― to take to one's bed, to keep one's bed, to be bedridden
    ելանել յօտար մահիճս, յանցանել ըստ մահիճս իւր ― elanel yōtar mahičs, yancʻanel əst mahičs iwr ― to defile another's bed
  2. coffin

Declension

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i-a-type
plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative մահիճք (mahičkʻ)
genitive մահճաց (mahčacʻ)
dative մահճաց (mahčacʻ)
accusative մահիճս (mahičs)
ablative մահճաց (mahčacʻ)
instrumental մահճաւք = մահճօք (mahčawkʻ = mahčōkʻ)
locative մահիճս (mahičs)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: մահիճ (mahič)
  • Middle Armenian: մահիջ (mahiǰ)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մահիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 235ab
  2. ^ 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 951
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մահիճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 502b

Further reading

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