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այծ

այծ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • էծ (ēc) (dialectal)

Noun

այծ (ayc)

  1. goat

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (goat). Cognate with Ancient Greek αἴξ (aíx), Avestan 𐬍𐬰𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (īzaēna, leathern) and Lithuanian ožỹs. See also այծի (ayci).

Noun

այծ (ayc)

  1. goat (usually she-goat)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (he-goat) նոխազ (noxaz), քաղ (kʿał)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), այծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), այծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), այծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 9
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ayc”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 58