կից

Etymology

From Old Armenian կից (kicʿ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [kit͡sʰ]

Adjective

կից • (kicʿ) (superlative ամենակից)

1. together, united, conjoined
2. close, near

Conjunction

կից • (kicʿ)

1. close, near, at

Noun

կից • (kicʿ)

1. (Western Armenian) Alternative form of կիցք (kicʿkʿ)
2. (dialectal) Alternative form of կուց (kucʿ)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dwi-sk-, from *dwóh₁ (“two”). Compare Old High German zwisk (“double”).

Adjective

կից • (kicʿ)

1. together, united, conjoined

   կից լինել ― kicʿ linel ― to be annexed

2. close, near

Adverb

կից • (kicʿ)

1. conjointly, together, at the same time

   կից ընթանալ ― kicʿ əntʿanal ― to run together; to concur with, to cooperate; to compete

Noun

կից • (kicʿ)

1. (in the plural) joint, conjunction, union

   կիցք ճանապարհի ― kicʿkʿ čanaparhi ― place where four roads meet or cross, cross-road or cross-street

   կիցք բանից ― kicʿkʿ banicʿ ― composition, texture

   կիցք անդրեաց ― kicʿkʿ andreacʿ ― group of statuary

2. (in the plural) the hind part of an animal
3. (in the plural) kick, kicking (developed from the previous sense)

   կիցս արձակել, ընկենուլ, հանել ― kicʿs arjakel, ənkenul, hanel ― to kick, to fling out or kick up the heels

4. Alternative form of կուց (kucʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կից”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կից”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կից”, 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 365