թեժ

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Armenian

Etymology

A dialectal word, inherited from unattested Old Armenian *թէժ (*tʻēž), a Middle Iranian borrowing: compare Northern Kurdish tîj, tûj (sharp; hot, spicy), Central Kurdish تیژ (tîj), تێژ (têj, sharp, hot (peppery), quick), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫎𐫏𐫋 (tyc /⁠tēǰ⁠/, sharp), Persian تیز (tiz, sharp; quick). Doublet of թեզ (tʻez).

Pronunciation

Adjective

թեժ (tʻež) (superlative ամենաթեժ)

  1. heated, hot, ardent
    Synonym: բարկ (bark)
  2. (dialectal, of a thread) overtwisted

Declension

nominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative թեժ (tʻež) թեժեր (tʻežer)
dative թեժի (tʻeži) թեժերի (tʻežeri)
ablative թեժից (tʻežicʻ) թեժերից (tʻežericʻ)
instrumental թեժով (tʻežov) թեժերով (tʻežerov)
locative թեժում (tʻežum) թեժերում (tʻežerum)
definite forms
nominative թեժը/թեժն (tʻežə/tʻežn) թեժերը/թեժերն (tʻežerə/tʻežern)
dative թեժին (tʻežin) թեժերին (tʻežerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative թեժս (tʻežs) թեժերս (tʻežers)
dative թեժիս (tʻežis) թեժերիս (tʻežeris)
ablative թեժիցս (tʻežicʻs) թեժերիցս (tʻežericʻs)
instrumental թեժովս (tʻežovs) թեժերովս (tʻežerovs)
locative թեժումս (tʻežums) թեժերումս (tʻežerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative թեժդ (tʻežd) թեժերդ (tʻežerd)
dative թեժիդ (tʻežid) թեժերիդ (tʻežerid)
ablative թեժիցդ (tʻežicʻd) թեժերիցդ (tʻežericʻd)
instrumental թեժովդ (tʻežovd) թեժերովդ (tʻežerovd)
locative թեժումդ (tʻežumd) թեժերումդ (tʻežerumd)

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Further reading

  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “բարկ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 92ab
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “թէժ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 103b
  • Nawasardeancʻ, Tigran (1903) “թէժ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Araratean barbaṙi [Dictionary of Ararat Dialect] (in Armenian), Tiflis: Movsēs Vardaneancʻ Press, page 40b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “թեժ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 96b