ցաք
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Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Armenian *ցաք (*cʻakʻ), found in ցաք-ի (cʻakʻ-i, “Christ's thorn”), of the same Proto-Indo-European origin as ցախ (cʻax).
Compare also Svan ცა̈გ (cäg), ცაგ (cag, “thorn, prickle, spike”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /t͡sʰakʰ/ [t͡sʰɑkʰ] invalid IPA characters (//[])
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /t͡sak/ [t͡sʰɑkʰ] invalid IPA characters (//[])
Noun[edit]
- a thorny shrub, the branches of which are used for making hedges
- harrow made of thorny bushes or tree-branches
- (figuratively) rough person
Declension[edit]
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ցաք (cʻakʻ) | ցաքներ (cʻakʻner) | ||
| dative | ցաքի (cʻakʻi) | ցաքների (cʻakʻneri) | ||
| ablative | ցաքից (cʻakʻicʻ) | ցաքներից (cʻakʻnericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | ցաքով (cʻakʻov) | ցաքներով (cʻakʻnerov) | ||
| locative | ցաքում (cʻakʻum) | ցաքներում (cʻakʻnerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | ցաքը/ցաքն (cʻakʻə/cʻakʻn) | ցաքները/ցաքներն (cʻakʻnerə/cʻakʻnern) | ||
| dative | ցաքին (cʻakʻin) | ցաքներին (cʻakʻnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | ցաքս (cʻakʻs) | ցաքներս (cʻakʻners) | ||
| dative | ցաքիս (cʻakʻis) | ցաքներիս (cʻakʻneris) | ||
| ablative | ցաքիցս (cʻakʻicʻs) | ցաքներիցս (cʻakʻnericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | ցաքովս (cʻakʻovs) | ցաքներովս (cʻakʻnerovs) | ||
| locative | ցաքումս (cʻakʻums) | ցաքներումս (cʻakʻnerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | ցաքդ (cʻakʻd) | ցաքներդ (cʻakʻnerd) | ||
| dative | ցաքիդ (cʻakʻid) | ցաքներիդ (cʻakʻnerid) | ||
| ablative | ցաքիցդ (cʻakʻicʻd) | ցաքներիցդ (cʻakʻnericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | ցաքովդ (cʻakʻovd) | ցաքներովդ (cʻakʻnerovd) | ||
| locative | ցաքումդ (cʻakʻumd) | ցաքներումդ (cʻakʻnerumd) | ||
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Further reading[edit]
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 447a
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցաքի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 452a
- Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “ցաք”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 642a
- Davtʻyan, K. S. (1954) Leṙnayin Ġarabaġi barbaṙayin kʻartezə [The dialectal map of Nagorno-Karabakh] (Hayeren barbaṙner; 9)[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 487
- 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
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), “ցաք”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume VI, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 268a