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Old Armenian
Etymology
From earlier *կաղթն (*kałtʻn), from Proto-Armenian *gl̥kt-m, accusative of *gl̥kt-s (whence dialectal կախց (kaxcʻ)), either inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥gt- or borrowed from a Mediterranean substrate source; in any case related to Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”), Albanian dhallë, and Old Latin lact (“milk”).
Noun
կաթն • (katʻn)
- milk
- կաթամբ բուծանիլ ― katʻamb bucanil ― to live on milk
- կաթն տալ ― katʻn tal ― to suckle
- դիել զկաթն ― diel zkatʻn ― to suck
- կթել կաթն ― ktʻel katʻn ― to milk
- անջատել ի կաթանէ ― anǰatel i katʻanē ― to wean
- Ծիր Կաթին ― Cir Katʻin ― Milky Way
Declension
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singular
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plural
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կաթն (katʻn)
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| genitive
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կաթին (katʻin)
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կաթանց (katʻancʻ)
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| dative
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կաթին (katʻin)
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կաթանց (katʻancʻ)
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| accusative
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կաթն (katʻn)
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| ablative
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կաթնէ, կաթանէ (katʻnē, katʻanē)
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կաթանց (katʻancʻ)
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| instrumental
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կաթամբ (katʻamb)
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կաթամբք (katʻambkʻ)
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| locative
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կաթին (katʻin)
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| The plural nominative/accusative is not attested.
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կաթն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կաթն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 345
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կաթն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy