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Old Armenian
Etymology
From կայծ (kayc) + ակն (akn, “eye”). For the meaning “carbuncle, swelling” compare Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal; abscess”).
Noun
կայծակն • (kaycakn)
- spark
- Synonym: կայծ (kayc)
- հրացայտ կայծակունք ― hracʻayt kaycakunkʻ ― lively sparks
- կայծակունս արձակել, թօթափել ― kaycakuns arjakel, tʻōtʻapʻel ― to emit sparks
- lightning; thunderbolt
- Synonyms: շանթ (šantʻ), փայլակն (pʻaylakn), փայլատակն (pʻaylatakn)
- կայծակունս արձակել, թօթափել ― kaycakuns arjakel, tʻōtʻapʻel ― to launch thunderbolts, to blast with lightning
- fire, campfire
- Synonyms: կրակ (krak), խարոյկ (xaroyk)
- live or burning coal, glowing embers
- (pathology) carbuncle, anthrax, swelling
- Synonyms: պալար (palar), այտոյց (aytoycʻ), կայծոռիկ (kaycoṙik)
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կայծակն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կայծակն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press