խաչ
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Armenian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Armenian խաչ (xačʿ); see it for more.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA: [χɑt͡ʃʰ]
Noun [edit]
խաչ • (xačʿ)
- cross
- սուրբ խաչ — holy cross
Declension [edit]
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | խաչ (xačʿ) | խաչեր (xačʿer) | |
| nominative definite | խաչը/խաչն (xačʿə/xačʿn) | խաչերը/խաչերն (xačʿerə/xačʿern) | |
| dative | խաչի (xačʿi) | խաչերի (xačʿeri) | |
| dative definite | խաչին (xačʿin) | խաչերին (xačʿerin) | |
| ablative | խաչից (xačʿicʿ) | խաչերից (xačʿericʿ) | |
| instrumental | խաչով (xačʿov) | խաչերով (xačʿerov) | |
| locative | խաչում (xačʿum) | խաչերում (xačʿerum) |
Related terms [edit]
External links [edit]
- Search “խաչ” in the Eastern Armenian National Corpus.
Old Armenian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *khaty-, from *khet- (“stake, picket”). An ablaut of խոչ (xočʿ, “a piece of wood, stone protruding from ground upon which one may stumble, an obstacle”) and խէչ (xēčʿ, “prop, stay, on which plants are supported”). Thus, the initial meaning of the word was "stake, stick". The only surviving cognate is Persian خاده (xāda, “a straight branch; a broom-stick; an oar; a coal-rake; a gibbet”).
Noun [edit]
խաչ • (xačʿ) (singular genitive խաչի, plural genitive խաչից)
- crucifix
- ի խաչ հանել (i xačʿ hanel) — to crucify
- կախել զխաչէ (kaxel zxačʿē) — to crucify
- ի խաչ ելանել (i xačʿ elanel) — to be crucified
- սուրբ խաչ (surb xačʿ) — the Cross, the Holy Rood
- (figuratively) cross, sorrows, tribulation
- cross
- խաչ առնել, հանել (xačʿ aṙnel, hanel) — to make the sign of the cross, to cross oneself
- (in the plural) crossroads
Declension [edit]
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | խաչ (xačʿ) | խաչք (xačʿkʿ) | |
| genitive | խաչի (xačʿi) | խաչից (xačʿicʿ) | |
| dative | խաչի (xačʿi) | խաչից (xačʿicʿ) | |
| accusative | խաչ (xačʿ) | խաչս (xačʿs) | |
| accusative definite | զխաչ (zxačʿ) | զխաչս (zxačʿs) | |
| ablative | ի խաչէ (i xačʿē) | ի խաչից (i xačʿicʿ) | |
| instrumental | խաչիւ (xačʿiw) | խաչիւք (xačʿiwkʿ) | |
| locative | ի խաչի (i xačʿi) | ի խաչս (i xačʿs) |
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
- Armenian: խաչ (xač)
- Avar: хъанч
- Azeri: xaç
- Crimean Tatar: haç
- Karachay-Balkar: къач
- Kurdish: xaç
- Ottoman Turkish: خاچ (xač), حاچ (hač)
- Middle Persian: xač
- Tatar: хач
- Udi: хач
References [edit]
- “խաչ” in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
- “խաչ” in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
- “խաչ” in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)