կարիճ

See also: Կարիճ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կարիճ (karič); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

կարիճ (karič)

  1. scorpion
  2. (dialectal, Karabakh) crayfish

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Armenian *karid-yeh₂-, borrowed from a substrate word, appearing also in Ancient Greek καρίς (karís, general term for small crustaceans).

Noun

կարիճ (karič)

  1. scorpion
  2. (astronomy) Scorpius
  3. (figuratively) thorny cudgel or stick

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • կարճախայթոց (karčaxaytʿocʿ)
  • կարճահար (karčahar)
  • կարճընդեաց (karčəndeacʿ)
  • կճընդեաց (kčəndeacʿ)
  • ջրակարիճ (ǰrakarič)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կարիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), կարիճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կարիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 354
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