կաւիճ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From կաւ (kaw) +‎ -իճ (-ič). Compare լուիճ (luič), ուտիճ (utič), աղաւնիճ (aławnič) for the suffix.

Noun

կաւիճ (kawič)

  1. chalk
    հանք կաւճիhankʻ kawčichalk-pit
    գծել կաւճաւgcel kawčawto chalk out

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: կավիճ (kavič)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կաւիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կաւիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press