ցաք

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian *ցաք (*cʻakʻ), found in ցաք-ի (cʻakʻ-i, Christ's thorn), of the same Proto-Indo-European origin as ցախ (cʻax).

Compare also Svan ცა̈გ (cäg), ცაგ (cag, thorn, prickle, spike).

Pronunciation

Noun

ցաք (cʻakʻ) (dialectal)

  1. a thorny shrub, the branches of which are used for making hedges
  2. harrow made of thorny bushes or tree-branches
    Synonyms: ցաքան (cʻakʻan), տափան (tapʻan)
  3. (figuratively) rough person

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ցաք (cʻakʻ) ցաքներ (cʻakʻner)
dative ցաքի (cʻakʻi) ցաքների (cʻakʻneri)
ablative ցաքից (cʻakʻicʻ) ցաքներից (cʻakʻnericʻ)
instrumental ցաքով (cʻakʻov) ցաքներով (cʻakʻnerov)
locative ցաքում (cʻakʻum) ցաքներում (cʻakʻnerum)
definite forms
nominative ցաքը/ցաքն (cʻakʻə/cʻakʻn) ցաքները/ցաքներն (cʻakʻnerə/cʻakʻnern)
dative ցաքին (cʻakʻin) ցաքներին (cʻakʻnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ցաքս (cʻakʻs) ցաքներս (cʻakʻners)
dative ցաքիս (cʻakʻis) ցաքներիս (cʻakʻneris)
ablative ցաքիցս (cʻakʻicʻs) ցաքներիցս (cʻakʻnericʻs)
instrumental ցաքովս (cʻakʻovs) ցաքներովս (cʻakʻnerovs)
locative ցաքումս (cʻakʻums) ցաքներումս (cʻakʻnerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ցաքդ (cʻakʻd) ցաքներդ (cʻakʻnerd)
dative ցաքիդ (cʻakʻid) ցաքներիդ (cʻakʻnerid)
ablative ցաքիցդ (cʻakʻicʻd) ցաքներիցդ (cʻakʻnericʻd)
instrumental ցաքովդ (cʻakʻovd) ցաքներովդ (cʻakʻnerovd)
locative ցաքումդ (cʻakʻumd) ցաքներումդ (cʻakʻnerumd)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցախ”, 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 447a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցաքի”, 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 452a
  • Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “ցաք”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 642a
  • Davtʻyan, K. S. (1954) Leṙnayin Ġarabaġi barbaṙayin kʻartezə [The dialectal map of Nagorno-Karabakh] (Hayeren barbaṙner; 9)‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 487
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “c‘ax”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 619–621
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010), “ցաք”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume VI, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 268a