գզաթ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գզաթ (gzatʻ).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɡəˈzɑtʰ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [kʰəˈzɑtʰ]

Noun

գզաթ • (gzatʻ) (rare, archaic)

1. fleece, wool

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	գզաթ (gzatʻ)	գզաթներ (gzatʻner)
dative	գզաթի (gzatʻi)	գզաթների (gzatʻneri)
ablative	գզաթից (gzatʻicʻ)	գզաթներից (gzatʻnericʻ)
instrumental	գզաթով (gzatʻov)	գզաթներով (gzatʻnerov)
locative	գզաթում (gzatʻum)	գզաթներում (gzatʻnerum)
	definite forms
nominative	գզաթը/գզաթն (gzatʻə/gzatʻn)	գզաթները/գզաթներն (gzatʻnerə/gzatʻnern)
dative	գզաթին (gzatʻin)	գզաթներին (gzatʻnerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	գզաթս (gzatʻs)	գզաթներս (gzatʻners)
dative	գզաթիս (gzatʻis)	գզաթներիս (gzatʻneris)
ablative	գզաթիցս (gzatʻicʻs)	գզաթներիցս (gzatʻnericʻs)
instrumental	գզաթովս (gzatʻovs)	գզաթներովս (gzatʻnerovs)
locative	գզաթումս (gzatʻums)	գզաթներումս (gzatʻnerums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	գզաթդ (gzatʻd)	գզաթներդ (gzatʻnerd)
dative	գզաթիդ (gzatʻid)	գզաթներիդ (gzatʻnerid)
ablative	գզաթիցդ (gzatʻicʻd)	գզաթներիցդ (gzatʻnericʻd)
instrumental	գզաթովդ (gzatʻovd)	գզաթներովդ (gzatʻnerovd)
locative	գզաթումդ (gzatʻumd)	գզաթներումդ (gzatʻnerumd)

Synonyms

• ասր (asr)
• բուրդ (burd)

References

• Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “գզաթ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 235c
• Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “գզաթ”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys, page 222a
• “գզաթ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980, page 396b
• Čērēčean, Gnēl; Tōnikean, Pʻaramaz (1992) “գզաթ”, in Hayocʻ lezui nor baṙaran [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume I, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 388b

Old Armenian

Etymology

A borrowing from Classical Syriac ܓܙܬܐ (gezzəθā, “fleece, wool”). See also կիզն (kizn).

Noun

գզաթ • (gzatʻ)

1. fleece, wool
   • 5th century, Bible, Book of Judges 6.37:

     Ահա դնեմ գզաթ մի ասուի ի կալ․ եթէ լինիցի անձրեւ ի վերայ գզաթուն միայն եւ ի վերայ ամենայն երկրի ցամաքութիւն, գիտացից եթէ փրկեսցես ձեռամբ իմով զԻսրայէլ՝ որպէս եւ խօսեցար։

     Aha dnem gzatʻ mi asui i kal; etʻē linicʻi anjrew i veray gzatʻun miayn ew i veray amenayn erkri cʻamakʻutʻiwn, gitacʻicʻ etʻē pʻrkescʻes jeṙamb imov zIsrayēl, orpēs ew xōsecʻar.

     • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation

       Behold, I put the fleece of wool in the threshing-floor: if there be dew on the fleece only, and drought on all the ground, I shall know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.

Declension

u-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	գզաթ (gzatʻ)
genitive	գզաթու (gzatʻu)
dative	գզաթու (gzatʻu)
accusative	գզաթ (gzatʻ)
ablative	գզաթէ (gzatʻē)
instrumental	գզաթու (gzatʻu)
locative	գզաթու (gzatʻu)

Descendants

• → Armenian: գզաթ (gzatʻ) (learned)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գզաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 547a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գզաթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 158b
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գզաթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 549c
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գզաթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 118b
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 302
• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “գզաթ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 432a
• 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 931
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017 July 26) “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎^[1], Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 190