ցախ
Armenian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Armenian ցախ (cʻax).
Pronunciation
edit- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /t͡sʰɑχ/, [t͡sʰɑχ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /t͡sɑχ/, [t͡sʰɑχ]
Noun
editցախ • (cʻax)
- brushwood, dry twigs for fire; firewood
- twigs put near a silkworm, on which it starts spinning its silk cocoon
Declension
editi-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
nominative | ցախ (cʻax) | ցախեր (cʻaxer) | ||
dative | ցախի (cʻaxi) | ցախերի (cʻaxeri) | ||
ablative | ցախից (cʻaxicʻ) | ցախերից (cʻaxericʻ) | ||
instrumental | ցախով (cʻaxov) | ցախերով (cʻaxerov) | ||
locative | ցախում (cʻaxum) | ցախերում (cʻaxerum) | ||
definite forms | ||||
nominative | ցախը/ցախն (cʻaxə/cʻaxn) | ցախերը/ցախերն (cʻaxerə/cʻaxern) | ||
dative | ցախին (cʻaxin) | ցախերին (cʻaxerin) | ||
1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
nominative | ցախս (cʻaxs) | ցախերս (cʻaxers) | ||
dative | ցախիս (cʻaxis) | ցախերիս (cʻaxeris) | ||
ablative | ցախիցս (cʻaxicʻs) | ցախերիցս (cʻaxericʻs) | ||
instrumental | ցախովս (cʻaxovs) | ցախերովս (cʻaxerovs) | ||
locative | ցախումս (cʻaxums) | ցախերումս (cʻaxerums) | ||
2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
nominative | ցախդ (cʻaxd) | ցախերդ (cʻaxerd) | ||
dative | ցախիդ (cʻaxid) | ցախերիդ (cʻaxerid) | ||
ablative | ցախիցդ (cʻaxicʻd) | ցախերիցդ (cʻaxericʻd) | ||
instrumental | ցախովդ (cʻaxovd) | ցախերովդ (cʻaxerovd) | ||
locative | ցախումդ (cʻaxumd) | ցախերումդ (cʻaxerumd) |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- ցաք (cʻakʻ)
Old Armenian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *ḱokHo-. Cognates include Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch”), Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, “plough”), Old East Slavic соха (soxa, “stake, club, brace, plough”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), Old Irish géc (“branch”) and Persian شاخ (šâx, “branch”). Dialectal ցաք (cʻakʻ) is of the same origin.
Noun
editցախ • (cʻax)
- (botany) ash tree or maple tree
- branch, twig with leaves
- scrub, brush, thicket
- brushwood, dry twigs for fire, firewood
- (botany) heather
- (as an adjective, figuratively) tangled in a dense mass
- ցախ մօրուք ― cʻax mōrukʻ ― matted beard
Declension
editi-type
o-type
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ցախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 11
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “c‘ax”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 619–621
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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