գեղասահք

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Armenian

Etymology

From գեղ (geġ) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ սահք (sahkʻ). Coined in the 1970s, replacing the clunky calque ձեւավոր չմշկասահք (jewavor čʻmškasahkʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

գեղասահք (geġasahkʻ)

  1. figure skating
    Synonym: (dated) ձեւավոր չմշկասահք (jewavor čʻmškasahkʻ)

Usage notes

In colloquial Eastern Armenian, Russian фигу́рное ката́ние (figúrnoje katánije) is often used instead.

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative գեղասահք (geġasahkʻ)
dative գեղասահքի (geġasahkʻi)
ablative գեղասահքից (geġasahkʻicʻ)
instrumental գեղասահքով (geġasahkʻov)
locative գեղասահքում (geġasahkʻum)
definite forms
nominative գեղասահքը/գեղասահքն (geġasahkʻə/geġasahkʻn)
dative գեղասահքին (geġasahkʻin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative գեղասահքս (geġasahkʻs)
dative գեղասահքիս (geġasahkʻis)
ablative գեղասահքիցս (geġasahkʻicʻs)
instrumental գեղասահքովս (geġasahkʻovs)
locative գեղասահքումս (geġasahkʻums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative գեղասահքդ (geġasahkʻd)
dative գեղասահքիդ (geġasahkʻid)
ablative գեղասահքիցդ (geġasahkʻicʻd)
instrumental գեղասահքովդ (geġasahkʻovd)
locative գեղասահքումդ (geġasahkʻumd)

Derived terms

References

  • Abrahamyan, S. G. (1981) “Žamanakakicʻ hayereni baṙakazmakan ōrinačʻapʻutʻyunneri zargacʻman mitumnerə [The Developmental Trends in the Regular Features of Word Formation in Modern Armenian]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 3, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 46 of 32–47
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1984) Əndhanur ew haykakan baṙagitutʻyun [General and Armenian lexicology]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 170
  • Xlġtʻayan, F. H. (1982) “գեղասահք”, in Baṙaran-teġekatu : Nor baṙer ew imastner [Reference dictionary: New words and meanings] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan, page 58