Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mid-s, from *smei- (to smear) and cognate with Old High German smiz (spot), Old English smitta (dirt, spot), Old Church Slavonic смѣдъ (smědŭ, dark, swarthy, dusky). See also մղձկութիւն (młjkutʻiwn).

Noun

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միծ (mic)

  1. (fetid) mud

Usage notes

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Of oblique forms only singular ablative ի մըծէ (i məcē) is attested.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “միծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “միծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “միծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 469
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 62