ծագ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծագ (cag).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծագ • (cag)

  1. extremity, end, top

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1][2] Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵogʰ- (“stake, branch, bush”) and cognate with Dutch keg (“wedge”), Old High German kegil (“cone, peg, wedge, nail”) (German Kegel), Lithuanian žãgaras (“dry twig”), žãgrė (“plowshare”).[3][4][5]

Noun

ծագ • (cag)

  1. extremity, end, top
    Synonyms: ծայր (cayr), եզր (ezr), վերջ (verǰ), սպառուած (spaṙuac)
    ծագք աշխարհի ― cagkʿ ašxarhi ― the entire globe, the universe
    ծագք լերանց ― cagkʿ lerancʿ ― the top or summit of mountains
    ծագ մատին ― cag matin ― fingertip
    ծագ մեծութեան ― cag mecutʿean ― the topmost height or pinnacle of greatness
    ծագէ ի ծագ, ծագաց ի ծագս ― cagē i cag, cagacʿ i cags ― right through, from one extremity to the other, from beginning to end; from top to bottom, entirely
    ի ծագաց երկրի մինչեւ ի ծագս երկնից ― i cagacʿ erkri minčʿew i cags erknicʿ ― from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven
    մինչեւ ի ծագս ― minčʿew i cags ― երկրի to the ends of the earth
    լինել ի ծագս փառաց ― linel i cags pʿaṙacʿ ― to be at the highest pitch of glory
    ածել ի ծագ կատարման ― acel i cag katarman ― to bring to the acme of perfection

Declension

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Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “ծագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 435ab
  2. ↑ 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 959
  3. ↑ Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 110
  4. ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 354
  5. ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ծագ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 357a

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ծագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ծագ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006), “ծագ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ծագ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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