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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գզաթ (gzatʻ).
Pronunciation
Noun
գզաթ • (gzatʻ) (rare, archaic)
- fleece, wool
Declension
Synonyms
References
- Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “գզաթ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 235c
- Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “գզաթ”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys, page 222a
- “գզաթ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980, page 396b
- Čērēčean, Gnēl; Tōnikean, Pʻaramaz (1992) “գզաթ”, in Hayocʻ lezui nor baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume I, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 388b
Old Armenian
Etymology
A borrowing from Classical Syriac ܓܙܬܐ (gezzəθā, “fleece, wool”). See also կիզն (kizn).
Noun
գզաթ • (gzatʻ)
- 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
u-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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գզաթ (gzatʻ)
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| genitive
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գզաթու (gzatʻu)
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| dative
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գզաթու (gzatʻu)
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| accusative
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գզաթ (gzatʻ)
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| ablative
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գզաթէ (gzatʻē)
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| instrumental
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գզաթու (gzatʻu)
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| locative
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գզաթու (gzatʻu)
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Descendants
- → Armenian: գզաթ (gzatʻ) (learned)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գզաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (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 (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 158b
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գզաթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 549c
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գզաթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, 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 (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, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 190