ձագ
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Armenian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Armenian ձագ (jag).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA: [d͡zɑkʰ]
Noun [edit]
ձագ • (jag)
Declension [edit]
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ձագ (jag) | ձագեր (jager) | |
| nominative definite | ձագը/ձագն (jagə/jagn) | ձագերը/ձագերն (jagerə/jagern) | |
| dative | ձագի (jagi) | ձագերի (jageri) | |
| dative definite | ձագին (jagin) | ձագերին (jagerin) | |
| ablative | ձագից (jagicʿ) | ձագերից (jagericʿ) | |
| instrumental | ձագով (jagov) | ձագերով (jagerov) | |
| locative | — (—) | — (—) |
External links [edit]
- Search “ձագ” in the Eastern Armenian National Corpus.
Old Armenian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Connected with Albanian zog (“chick”), probably also Manichaean Middle Persian (zhg, “offspring, progeny; child”), Persian زه (zah, “child, offspring”), all from Proto-Indo-European or a substrate word of the shape *ǵʰāgʰ- or the like.
Noun [edit]
ձագ • (jag)
- youngling, nestling
- ձագ թռչնոց (jag tʿṙčʿnocʿ) — young of a bird, nestling, brood; young sparrow
- ձագ հաւու (jag hawu) — chick, small chicken, pullet
- ձագ կենդանեաց (jag kendaneacʿ) — young one, little one of animals, pup, whelp, cub
- ձագունք (jagunkʿ) — the young or little ones, the progeny
- բբիւն ձագուց (bbiwn jagucʿ) — the chirping or twittering of nestlings
- ձագ մատն (jag matn) — little finger
- ձագս հանել (jags hanel) — to brood, to sit on eggs; to have young, to litter, to bring forth
- ձագու/ձագի լեզու (jagu/jagi lezu) — caryophyllata, herb-bennet; seed of the ash-tree
- little bird, sparrow
Declension [edit]
u-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ձագ (jag) | ձագք (jagkʿ) | |
| genitive | ձագու (jagu) | ձագուց (jagucʿ) | |
| dative | ձագու (jagu) | ձագուց (jagucʿ) | |
| accusative | ձագ (jag) | ձագս (jags) | |
| accusative definite | զձագ (zjag) | զձագս (zjags) | |
| ablative | ի ձագէ (i jagē) | ի ձագուց (i jagucʿ) | |
| instrumental | ձագու (jagu) | ձագուք (jagukʿ) | |
| locative | ի ձագու (i jagu) | ի ձագս (i jags) | |
| The plural can be ձագունք (jagunkʿ) in post-classical times. | |||
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
- “ձագ” in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
- “ձագ” in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
- “ձագ” in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
- Hrach Martirosyan (2009), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Brill Academic Publishers), page 428
