սէգ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• սեգ (seg)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ḱeygʰ- (“to jump; lively, brisk”). Cognates include Sanskrit शीघ (śīghra, “quick, speedy”), Russian сигать (sigatʹ, “to jump”) and Old English hīgian (“to strive, hasten”) (English hie). The original meaning of Armenian must have been “walking proudly” as shown by սիգամ (sigam, “to strut”), սիգաքայլ (sigakʻayl, “walking or curveting proudly”), etc.

Adjective

սէգ • (sēg)

1. imperious, high, haughty, supercilious, arrogant, proud, superb

   սէգ առ հանդերձ ― sēg aṙ handerj ― fond of dress, smart, spruce, dandy

   սէգ առնուլ ― sēg aṙnul ― to strut, to stalk, to walk in a proud manner, with an air of ostentation or self complacency; to bridle up, to give oneself airs, to carry one's head too high

2. effeminate (of man)

Declension

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	սէգ (sēg)		սէգք (sēgkʻ)
genitive	սիգի (sigi)		սիգաց (sigacʻ)
dative	սիգի (sigi)		սիգաց (sigacʻ)
accusative	սէգ (sēg)		սէգս (sēgs)
ablative	սիգէ (sigē)		սիգաց (sigacʻ)
instrumental	սիգաւ (sigaw)		սիգաւք = սիգօք (sigawkʻ = sigōkʻ)
locative	սիգի (sigi)		սէգս (sēgs)

Derived terms

• սիգաճեմեմ (sigačemem)
• սիգամ (sigam)
• սիգանձն (siganjn)

• սիգանք (sigankʻ)
• սիգաշարժ (sigašarž)
• սիգապանծ (sigapanc)

• սիգաքայլ (sigakʻayl)
• սիգութիւն (sigutʻiwn)

Descendants

• Armenian: սեգ (seg)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սէգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սէգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սէգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press