քացախ

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Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian քացախ (kʻacʻax).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

քացախ (kʻacʻax)

  1. vinegar

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քացախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain. Closely related with Georgian კაწახი (ḳac̣axi), კოწახი (ḳoc̣axi, sour, unripe). Has also been linked with Proto-Slavic *kvasъ (leaven), Latin caseus (cheese).

Noun[edit]

քացախ (kʻacʻax)

  1. vinegar
    • 5th century, Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of the Armenians] 106:[1]
      Ես ետ հրաման բերել աղ եւ բորակ եւ բարկ քացախ, եւ ընկենուլ զնա յորսայս, եւ դնել փող եղեգան ի քիթս նորա, եւ արկանել զայն ընդ քիթս նորա։
      Es et hraman berel ał ew borak ew bark kʻacʻax, ew ənkenul zna yorsays, ew dnel pʻoł ełegan i kʻitʻs nora, ew arkanel zayn ənd kʻitʻs nora.
      • Translation by R. W. Thomson
        And he ordered salt and borax and rough vinegar to be brought, and for him to be turned on his back, his head to be placed in a carpenter's vice, and a reed tube to be put in his nose, and this liquid to be poured down his nose.

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: քացախ (kʻacʻax)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Thomson, R. W. (1976) Agathangelos, History of the Armenians[1], Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, pages 120–121

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քացախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քացախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քացախ”, 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) “k‘ac‘ax”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 659