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Armenian
dialects
- dialectal forms recorded in dialectological notation
- քացախ (kʻacʻax) — Alashkert, Akhaltsikhe, Goris, Ararat, Aslanbeg, Ararat, Kharberd, Erzurum, Hamshen, Karabakh, Mush, Nor Nakhichevan, Shamakhi, Constantinople, New Julfa, Sivas, Salmas, Suceava, Tbilisi
- քյացախ (kʻyacʻax) — Moks, Van
- քացօխ (kʻacʻōx) — Haçin
- քյա̈ցցո̈ւխ (kʻyäcʻcʻüx) — Svedia
Etymology
From Old Armenian քացախ (kʻacʻax).
Pronunciation
Noun
քացախ • (kʻacʻax)
- vinegar
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քացախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Closely related with Georgian კაწახი (ḳac̣axi), კოწახი (ḳoc̣axi, “sour, unripe”). Has also been linked with Proto-Slavic *kvasъ (“leaven”), Latin caseus (“cheese”).
Noun
քացախ • (kʻacʻax)
- vinegar
5th century,
Agatʻangełos,
Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ 106:
[1]- Ես ետ հրաման բերել աղ եւ բորակ եւ բարկ քացախ, եւ ընկենուլ զնա յորսայս, եւ դնել փող եղեգան ի քիթս նորա, եւ արկանել զայն ընդ քիթս նորա։
- Es et hraman berel ał ew borak ew bark kʻacʻax, ew ənkenul zna yorsays, ew dnel pʻoł ełegan i kʻitʻs nora, ew arkanel zayn ənd kʻitʻs nora.
- Translation by R. W. Thomson
- And he ordered salt and borax and rough vinegar to be brought, and for him to be turned on his back, his head to be placed in a carpenter's vice, and a reed tube to be put in his nose, and this liquid to be poured down his nose.
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
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singular
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plural
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քացախ (kʻacʻax)
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քացախք (kʻacʻaxkʻ)
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| genitive
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քացախի (kʻacʻaxi)
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| dative
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քացախի (kʻacʻaxi)
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| accusative
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քացախ (kʻacʻax)
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քացախս (kʻacʻaxs)
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| ablative
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քացախէ (kʻacʻaxē)
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| instrumental
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| locative
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քացախի (kʻacʻaxi)
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քացախս (kʻacʻaxs)
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the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are 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
- Armenian: քացախ (kʻacʻax)
References
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քացախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քացախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քացախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “k‘ac‘ax”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 659
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 87