կարիք

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կարիք (karikʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

կարիք (karikʻ)

  1. necessity, need, want
    կարիք ունենալkarikʻ unenalto have a need of
  2. (euphemistic) a need to go to the toilet
  3. want, indigence, poverty

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

կար- (kar-, need; sorrow) +‎ -իք (-ikʻ).

Noun

կարիք (karikʻpl

  1. necessity, want, indigence, constraint, extremity
    կարիք որովայնի, մարմնոյkarikʻ orovayni, marmnoyexcrement
    անհրաժեշտ կարիքanhražešt karikʻpressing need, urgent necessity, utmost distress
    ելանել արտաքս վասն կարեացelanel artakʻs vasn kareacʻto go to the privy or to stool
  2. passion, mental or bodily affection; grief, sorrow, affliction, torment, trouble; pain, illness
    կարիս առնելkaris aṙnelto pity, to commiserate, to compassionate, to regret, to be sorry for
    ի կարիս իմi karis imin my troubles, during my adversity

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: կարիք (karikʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կարիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կարիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press