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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian չիք (čʻikʻ); see it for more.
Pronunciation
Verb
չիք • (čʻikʻ)
- there is not, there does not exist
Old Armenian
Etymology
չ- (čʻ-) + իք (ikʻ)
Verb
չիք • (čʻikʻ)
- there is not, there does not exist
- չիք ոք ― čʻikʻ okʻ ― there is nobody
- չիք ոք բարի բայց մի Աստուած ― čʻikʻ okʻ bari baycʻ mi Astuac ― no one is good save God only
- զԲաբելոն իմ չիք տեսեալ ― zBabelon im čʻikʻ teseal ― I have not seen Babylon
- չիք ոք չիք ուրեք ― čʻikʻ okʻ čʻikʻ urekʻ ― there is no one
- չիք որ գիտիցէ զայդ ― čʻikʻ or giticʻē zayd ― nobody knows that
- չիք ոք որ եղծանել կարէ ― čʻikʻ okʻ or ełcanel karē ― no one can destroy it
- չիք ինչ ― čʻikʻ inčʻ ― there is nothing
- չիք եւ չիք ― čʻikʻ ew čʻikʻ ― indeed it is not
Noun
չիք • (čʻikʻ)
- nothing, nothingness; nullity
- առ չքի ― aṙ čʻkʻi ― for want of
- ի չիք դարձուցանել ― i čʻikʻ darjucʻanel ― to reduce to nothing, to annihilate
- չիք լինել, չիք յաչաց լինել ― čʻikʻ linel, čʻikʻ yačʻacʻ linel ― to come to nothing, to be annihilated, dissipated, to disappear, to vanish
- չիք լուսնի ― čʻikʻ lusni ― wane of the moon
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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չիք (čʻikʻ)
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| genitive
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չքի (čʻkʻi)
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| dative
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չքի (čʻkʻi)
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| accusative
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չիք (čʻikʻ)
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| ablative
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չքէ (čʻkʻē)
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| instrumental
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| locative
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չքի (čʻkʻi)
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the instrumental singular is not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “չիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “իք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “չիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy