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սագ

սագ

Armenian

Noun

սագ (sag)

  1. goose

Declension

Synonyms

  • (dialectal) ղազ (łaz)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱawā (crying). Cognates include Old Breton couann (night owl) (Breton kaouenn), Welsh cuan (night owl), Old High German hūwo (owl), Old Church Slavonic сова (sova, owl) (Russian сова (sova)), Lithuanian šaũkti (to cry), Sanskrit कोक (kóka, goose), कौति (kauti, to sound, make any noise, cry out, moan, cry (as a bird), coo, hum (as a bee)).

Noun

սագ (sag)

  1. goose
    արու սագaru sag ― gander
    ձագ սագիjag sagi ― gosling
    սագ վայրիsag vayri ― gannet, soland goose, anser bassanus
    սագ շչէsag ščʿē ― the goose cackles

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սագ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), սագ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), սագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935