ածուխ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ածուխ (acux).

Pronunciation

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• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈt͡suχ/, [ɑt͡súχ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈd͡zuχ/, [ɑd͡zúχ]

Noun

ածուխ • (acux)

1. coal

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	ածուխ (acux)
dative	ածխի (acxi)
ablative	ածխից (acxicʻ)
instrumental	ածխով (acxov)
locative	ածխում (acxum)
	definite forms
nominative	ածուխը/ածուխն (acuxə/acuxn)
dative	ածխին (acxin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	ածուխս (acuxs)
dative	ածխիս (acxis)
ablative	ածխիցս (acxicʻs)
instrumental	ածխովս (acxovs)
locative	ածխումս (acxums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	ածուխդ (acuxd)
dative	ածխիդ (acxid)
ablative	ածխիցդ (acxicʻd)
instrumental	ածխովդ (acxovd)
locative	ածխումդ (acxumd)

Synonyms

• (dialectal) քյոմուր (kʻyomur)

Derived terms

• ածխածին (acxacin)

• ածխաթթու (acxatʻtʻu)

• փայտածուխ (pʻaytacux)

• քարածուխ (kʻaracux)

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ածուղ (acuł)

Etymology

The older spelling is probably ածուղ (acuł), from Proto-Armenian *a(w)cúɫo, from *anwcúɫ-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ngʷ-ōl-o-, from *h₁óngʷl̥. The form ածուխ (acux) probably arose under the influence of ծուխ (cux, “smoke”).

Noun

ածուխ • (acux)

1. coal
2. soot

Declension

o-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	ածուխ (acux)
genitive	ածխոյ (acxoy)
dative	ածխոյ (acxoy)
accusative	ածուխ (acux)
ablative	ածխոյ (acxoy)
instrumental	ածխով (acxov)
locative	ածուխ (acux)
oblique cases attested only post-classically

Synonyms

• (soot): մուր (mur)

Derived terms

• ածխակէզ (acxakēz)
• ածխանամ (acxanam)
• ածղանամ (acłanam)

Descendants

• Armenian: ածուխ (acux)
• → Laz: წოლა (ǯola), მწოლა (mǯola)
• → Udi: цӏил (c̣il) (perhaps)

References

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ածուխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ածուխ”, 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) “acuɫ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 18, 43
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ածուխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy