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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)
- chalk
- հանք կաւճի ― hankʻ kawči ― chalk-pit
- գծել կաւճաւ ― gcel kawčaw ― to chalk out
Declension
Descendants
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