գզաթ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գզաթ (gzatʻ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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գզաթ (gzatʻ) (rare, archaic)

  1. fleece, wool

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative գզաթ (gzatʻ) գզաթներ (gzatʻner)
dative գզաթի (gzatʻi) գզաթների (gzatʻneri)
ablative գզաթից (gzatʻicʻ) գզաթներից (gzatʻnericʻ)
instrumental գզաթով (gzatʻov) գզաթներով (gzatʻnerov)
locative գզաթում (gzatʻum) գզաթներում (gzatʻnerum)
definite forms
nominative գզաթը/գզաթն (gzatʻə/gzatʻn) գզաթները/գզաթներն (gzatʻnerə/gzatʻnern)
dative գզաթին (gzatʻin) գզաթներին (gzatʻnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative գզաթս (gzatʻs) գզաթներս (gzatʻners)
dative գզաթիս (gzatʻis) գզաթներիս (gzatʻneris)
ablative գզաթիցս (gzatʻicʻs) գզաթներիցս (gzatʻnericʻs)
instrumental գզաթովս (gzatʻovs) գզաթներովս (gzatʻnerovs)
locative գզաթումս (gzatʻums) գզաթներումս (gzatʻnerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative գզաթդ (gzatʻd) գզաթներդ (gzatʻnerd)
dative գզաթիդ (gzatʻid) գզաթներիդ (gzatʻnerid)
ablative գզաթիցդ (gzatʻicʻd) գզաթներիցդ (gzatʻnericʻd)
instrumental գզաթովդ (gzatʻovd) գզաթներովդ (gzatʻnerovd)
locative գզաթումդ (gzatʻumd) գզաթներումդ (gzatʻnerumd)

Synonyms

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References

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  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “գզաթ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 235c
  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “գզաթ”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys, page 222a
  • գզաթ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980, page 396b
  • Čērēčean, Gnēl; Tōnikean, Pʻaramaz (1992) “գզաթ”, in Hayocʻ lezui nor baṙaran [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume I, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 388b

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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A borrowing from Classical Syriac ܓܙܬܐ (gezzəθā, fleece, wool). See also կիզն (kizn).

Noun

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գզաթ (gzatʻ)

  1. fleece, wool
    • 5th century, Bible, Book of Judges 6.37:
      Ահա դնեմ գզաթ մի ասուի ի կալ․ եթէ լինիցի անձրեւ ի վերայ գզաթուն միայն եւ ի վերայ ամենայն երկրի ցամաքութիւն, գիտացից եթէ փրկեսցես ձեռամբ իմով զԻսրայէլ՝ որպէս եւ խօսեցար։
      Aha dnem gzatʻ mi asui i kal; etʻē linicʻi anjrew i veray gzatʻun miayn ew i veray amenayn erkri cʻamakʻutʻiwn, gitacʻicʻ etʻē pʻrkescʻes jeṙamb imov zIsrayēl, orpēs ew xōsecʻar.
      • Translation by Brenton Septuagint Translation
        Behold, I put the fleece of wool in the threshing-floor: if there be dew on the fleece only, and drought on all the ground, I shall know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: գզաթ (gzatʻ) (learned)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գզաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 547a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գզաթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 158b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գզաթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 549c
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գզաթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 118b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 302
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “գզաթ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 432a
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 931
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017 July 26) “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD[1], Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 190