կռիչ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare կռինչ (kṙinčʻ).

Noun

կռիչ • (kṙičʻ)

1. (usually in the plural) croaking, creaking, shrieking, cry or noise

   կռիչք հաւուց ― kṙičʻkʻ hawucʻ ― cackling

   կռիչք թռչնոց ― kṙičʻkʻ tʻṙčʻnocʻ ― chattering

   կռիչք խորդոց ― kṙičʻkʻ xordocʻ ― crunk, crunkle of the crane

   կռիչք ագռաւու ― kṙičʻkʻ agṙawu ― caw

   կռիչք գորտոյ ― kṙičʻkʻ gortoy ― croak

   կռիչք եղջերուի ― kṙičʻkʻ ełǰerui ― belling of the stag;

Declension

unknown type

	singular		plural
nominative	կռիչ (kṙičʻ)		կռիչք (kṙičʻkʻ)
genitive	?		?
dative	?		?
accusative	կռիչ (kṙičʻ)		կռիչս (kṙičʻs)
ablative	?		?
instrumental	?		?
locative	?		կռիչս (kṙičʻs)
the oblique cases are not attested

Derived terms

• գուժակռիչ (gužakṙičʻ)
• կռչաձայն (kṙčʻajayn)
• կռչեմ (kṙčʻem)
• հաւակռիչ (hawakṙičʻ)
• հաւկռիչ (hawkṙičʻ)
• մազակռիչ (mazakṙičʻ)

Descendants

• Armenian: կռիչք (kṙičʻkʻ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կռիչք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կռիչք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կռիչ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 377