թանչ

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Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թանչ (tʻančʻ)

Pronunciation

Noun

թանչ (tʻančʻ)

  1. dysentery
    Synonym: դիզենտերիա (dizenteria)
  2. hemorrhoids
    Synonym: թութք (tʻutʻkʻ)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative թանչ (tʻančʻ) թանչեր (tʻančʻer)
dative թանչի (tʻančʻi) թանչերի (tʻančʻeri)
ablative թանչից (tʻančʻicʻ) թանչերից (tʻančʻericʻ)
instrumental թանչով (tʻančʻov) թանչերով (tʻančʻerov)
locative թանչում (tʻančʻum) թանչերում (tʻančʻerum)
definite forms
nominative թանչը/թանչն (tʻančʻə/tʻančʻn) թանչերը/թանչերն (tʻančʻerə/tʻančʻern)
dative թանչին (tʻančʻin) թանչերին (tʻančʻerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative թանչս (tʻančʻs) թանչերս (tʻančʻers)
dative թանչիս (tʻančʻis) թանչերիս (tʻančʻeris)
ablative թանչիցս (tʻančʻicʻs) թանչերիցս (tʻančʻericʻs)
instrumental թանչովս (tʻančʻovs) թանչերովս (tʻančʻerovs)
locative թանչումս (tʻančʻums) թանչերումս (tʻančʻerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative թանչդ (tʻančʻd) թանչերդ (tʻančʻerd)
dative թանչիդ (tʻančʻid) թանչերիդ (tʻančʻerid)
ablative թանչիցդ (tʻančʻicʻd) թանչերիցդ (tʻančʻericʻd)
instrumental թանչովդ (tʻančʻovd) թանչերովդ (tʻančʻerovd)
locative թանչումդ (tʻančʻumd) թանչերումդ (tʻančʻerumd)

References

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “թանչ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 418c

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (to melt; to flow, stream), whence also թանամ (tʻanam, to make wet). The derivational type is obscure. Olsen tentatively suggests *teh₂y-ni-sḱi-, a secondary derivative of *teh₂y-ni-, whence թան (tʻan).

Noun

թանչ (tʻančʻ)

  1. dysentery
    • 5th century, Bible, Deuteronomy 28.27:[1]
      Հարցէ զքեզ տէր կեղով եգիպտացոցն եւ թանչիւք եւ զայրացեալ քոսով, և մնով, զի մի կարասցես բժշկել։
      Harcʻē zkʻez tēr kełov egiptacʻocʻn ew tʻančʻiwkʻ ew zayracʻeal kʻosov, ew mnov, zi mi karascʻes bžškel.
      • Translation by New English Translation of the Septuagint
        May the Lord strike you with an Egyptian festering sore in the seats and with severe itch and scratching so that you cannot be healed.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: թանչ (tʻančʻ)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թանչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 153ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “թանչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 797a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 152
  • 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 97
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թանչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 214b
  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (1981) The Armenian translation of Deuteronomy (Armenian texts and studies; 2)‎, University of Pennsylvania: Scholars Press, page 184