փայծաղն
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognate with Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn), Latin liēn, Sanskrit प्लिहन् (plihan), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spərəzan), Lithuanian blužnìs, Old Church Slavonic слѣзена (slězena) (Russian селезёнка (selezjónka)). Despite formal problems, which are usually explained through tabuistic sound replacements, all these forms obviously point to a Proto-Indo-European term.[1]
Noun
փայծաղն • (pʻaycałn)
Declension
n-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | փայծաղն (pʻaycałn) | փայծաղունք (pʻaycałunkʻ) | |
| genitive | փայծաղան (pʻaycałan) | փայծաղանց (pʻaycałancʻ) | |
| dative | փայծաղան (pʻaycałan) | փայծաղանց (pʻaycałancʻ) | |
| accusative | փայծաղն (pʻaycałn) | փայծաղունս (pʻaycałuns) | |
| ablative | փայծաղանէ (pʻaycałanē) | փայծաղանց (pʻaycałancʻ) | |
| instrumental | փայծաղամբ (pʻaycałamb) | փայծաղամբք (pʻaycałambkʻ) | |
| locative | փայծաղան (pʻaycałan) | փայծաղունս (pʻaycałuns) |
Derived terms
- փայծաղնացաւ (pʻaycałnacʻaw)
- փայծաղոտ (pʻaycałot)
Descendants
- Armenian: փայծաղ (pʻaycaġ)
- → Old Georgian: ფაწალა (pac̣ala), ფაწალი (pac̣ali)
- Georgian: ფაწალა (pac̣ala)
- → Laz: ფანწალა (panǯala), ფაწალა (paǯala)
- → Cappadocian Greek: πεϊσάχι (peïsáchi)
- → Armenian: սիպեխ (sipex) (perhaps)
References
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 647
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փայծաղն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փայծաղն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press