քօշ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is քաւշ (kʻawš), from Classical Syriac ܟܒܫܐ (keḇšā, ram, wether).

Noun

քօշ (kʻōš)

  1. he-goat
    Synonyms: նոխազ (noxaz), քաղ (kʻał)
    Hypernym: այծ (ayc)
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 15.9:[1]
      Եւ ասէ ցնա․ ա՛ռ դու ինձ երինջ երեմեան եւ քօշ երեմեան, եւ խոյ երեմեան, եւ տատրակ, եւ աղաւնի:
      Ew asē cʻna; áṙ du inj erinǰ eremean ew kʻōš eremean, ew xoy eremean, ew tatrak, ew aławni:

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: քոշ (kʻoš)
  • Georgian: ქოში (koši)
  • Laz: ქოშატი (koşaťi)

References

  1. ^ Zōhrapean, Yovhannēs, editor (1805), Astuacašunčʻ matean Hin ew Nor Ktakaranacʻ [Bible: Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 28

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քօշ”, 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, pages 604–605
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քօշել”, 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 605b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 46, page 254
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 320
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 62
  • 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 933
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քօշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy