մահիճք
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is unknown.[1][2] J̌ahukyan compares with Arabic مَهْجَع (mahjaʿ, “bedroom, dormitory”).[3]
Noun
մահիճք • (mahičkʿ) pl
- bed
- ի մահիճս մահու ― i mahičs mahu ― on one's deathbed
- անկեալ դնիլ ի մահիճս ― ankeal dnil i mahičs ― to take to one's bed, to keep one's bed, to be bedridden
- ելանել յօտար մահիճս, յանցանել ըստ մահիճս իւր ― elanel yōtar mahičs, yancʿanel əst mahičs iwr ― to defile another's bed
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- coffin
Declension
i-a-type
| plural only (plurale tantum) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | մահիճք (mahičkʿ) |
| genitive | մահճաց (mahčacʿ) |
| dative | մահճաց (mahčacʿ) |
| accusative | մահիճս (mahičs) |
| ablative | մահճաց (mahčacʿ) |
| instrumental | մահճաւք = մահճօք (mahčawkʿ = mahčōkʿ) |
| locative | մահիճս (mahičs) |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from մահիճք (mahičkʿ)
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Descendants
- Armenian: մահիճ (mahič)
- Middle Armenian: մահիջ (mahiǰ)
References
- ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մահիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 235ab
- ↑ 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 951
- ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “մահիճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 502b
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “մահիճք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 198a
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մահիճք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 449a
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