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Old Armenian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʷh₂-ti-, from *gʷeh₂- (“to come, step”), whence կամ (kam). Compare also Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis.
Noun
կայ • (kay)
- standing (still), standing place, station, site
- զկայ առնուլ ― zkay aṙnul ― to stop, to pause, to halt, to rest, to cease
- կալ յուղիղ կայի ― kal yułił kayi ― to remain in uprightness
- ոչ լինիցի կայ թաթից ոտից քոյ ― očʻ linicʻi kay tʻatʻicʻ oticʻ kʻoy ― neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest
- կա՛ց ի կայի քում ― kácʻ i kayi kʻum ― stand upright!
Declension
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 250