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Old Armenian
Etymology
Usually considered a word of unknown origin.[1][2][3] Attempts to derive from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”)[4][5][6] are unconvincing, as that root would rather yield *նես- (*nes-) in Armenian.
Possibly a Georgian-Zan borrowing: compare Georgian ნეხვი (nexvi, “dung”),[7] for which a native Kartvelian origin has been proposed. Alternatively, the Kartvelian and Armenian terms are borrowed from a third unidentified source.
Noun
նեխ • (nex)
- putrefaction, rottenness
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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նեխ (nex)
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նեխք (nexkʻ)
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| genitive
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նեխոյ (nexoy)
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նեխոց (nexocʻ)
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| dative
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նեխոյ (nexoy)
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նեխոց (nexocʻ)
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| accusative
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նեխ (nex)
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նեխս (nexs)
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| ablative
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նեխոյ (nexoy)
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նեխոց (nexocʻ)
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| instrumental
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նեխով (nexov)
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նեխովք (nexovkʻ)
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| locative
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նեխ (nex)
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նեխս (nexs)
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Adjective
նեխ • (nex)
- putrid, rotten
Derived terms
References
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նեխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 438–439
- ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 16
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “նեխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 564b
- ^ Dervischjan, P. Seraphin (1877) Armeniaca I: Das Altarmenische (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 104
- ^ Tērvišean, Serovbē (1885) Hndewropakan naxalezu [The Proto-Indo-European Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Nšan K. Pērpērean, page 90
- ^ Canini, Marco Antonio (1882) Études étymologiques (in French), Turin and Rome: Hermann Loescher, page 9
- ^ Vogt, Hans (1938) “Arménien et Caucasique du Sud”, in Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap (in French), volume 9, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 333 of 321–338
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նեխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նեխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 62