պատշաճ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պատշաճ (patšač).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key):
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key):

Adjective

պատշաճ • (patšač) (superlative ամենապատշաճ)

1. due, fit, proper, decent, decorous, becoming, seemly, appropriate

   պատշաճ կերպով, ըստ պատշաճի ― patšač kerpov, əst patšači ― duly

Declension

Related terms

• պատշաճել (patšačel)
• հավուր պատշաճի (havur patšači)

Old Armenian

Etymology

By assimilation from earlier *պատսաճ (*patsač), borrowed from a Middle Iranian word of the shape patsāč-, composed of *pati- (a preverb) and *cāčáyati (“to prepare, make ready”).

For the ս...ճ (s...č) assimilation to շ...ճ (š...č) compare աստիճան (astičan) → աշտիճան (aštičan), սոճի (soči) → շոճի (šoči), աստուճ (astuč) → աշտուճ (aštuč).

Adjective

պատշաճ • (patšač)

1. suitable, convenient, proper

   պատշաճք ― patšačkʻ ― decency, decorum, propriety, conveniency

   ըստ պատշաճի, ըստ պատշաճից ― əst patšači, əst patšačicʻ ― conveniently, duly, a propos, pertinently, decently, seemly, seasonably

   պատշաճ է, պարտաւ պատշաճ է ― patšač ē, partaw patšač ē ― it is proper, suitable, right, it becomes

   չէ պատշաճ ― čʻē patšač ― it is not seemly or befitting

   ըստ ոչ պատշաճի ― əst očʻ patšači ― unseasonable

   լնուլ զպարտս պատշաճից ― lnul zparts patšačicʻ ― to behave with propriety, decorum, good breeding or politeness

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Armenian: պատշաճ (patšač) (learned)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պատշաճ”, 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 47
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պատշաճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Benveniste, Émile (1964) “Éléments parthes en arménien”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes. Nouvelle série‎ (in French), volume 1, page 6 of 1–39
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 225
• Livshits, Vladimir (2006) “Armeno-Partho-Sogdica”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 10, number 1, page 82
• 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 902
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պատշաճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy