պատճառ

Armenian

Alternative forms

• պաճառ (pačaṙ) — dialectal

Etymology

From Old Armenian պատճառ (patčaṙ).

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Noun

պատճառ • (patčaṙ)

1. reason, cause

   Antonym: հետեւանք (hetewankʻ)

Declension

Derived terms

• դրդապատճառ (drdapatčaṙ)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from an Iranian word whose components go back to Proto-Iranian *pati- (“against”) and *kar- (“to do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Cognate with Buddhist Sogdian (pčʾrt /⁠pačārt⁠/, “because of, as a result”), Christian Sogdian (pčrw /⁠pačaru⁠/, “instead”).

Noun

պատճառ • (patčaṙ)

1. reason, cause; motive

   պատճառաւ, ի պատճառս ― patčaṙaw, i patčaṙs ― on account of, for the sake of, for, because of, out of regard for

   ի պատճառս քո ― i patčaṙs kʻo ― for your sake, for you

   պատճառ լինել ― patčaṙ linel ― to be the cause or author of

   պատճառս ի մէջ ածել ― patčaṙs i mēǰ acel ― to allege, plead, urge or adduce reasons

   բառնալ զպատճառս ― baṙnal zpatčaṙs ― to take away the motive or grounds

   առանց իրաւացի պատճառի ― aṙancʻ irawacʻi patčaṙi ― without a real motive, causelessly, groundlessly, unreasonably

2. occasion

   պատճառ տալ ― patčaṙ tal ― to give occasion to

3. pretext, excuse

   Synonym: պատրուակ (patruak)

   պատճառաւ, ի պատճառս ― patčaṙaw, i patčaṙs ― under pretence of

   պատճառս առնուլ ― patčaṙs aṙnul ― to take as a pretext, to pretend, to allege

   պատճառ լինել ― patčaṙ linel ― to dissemble

   պատճառել պատճառս մեղաց ― patčaṙel patčaṙs mełacʻ ― to seek excuses for sins

4. fault, sin

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• աւճառ (awčaṙ)

Descendants

• Armenian: պատճառ (patčaṙ), պատճառավ (patčaṙav)
• → Aghwan: 𐕗𐔰𐕊𐔰𐕙 (ṗač̣ar)

References

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պատճառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 45ab
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պատճառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 614ab
• Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “պատճառ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 685a
• J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “պատճառ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 1175–1176
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պատճառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 602ab