գէջ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• գէճ (gēč)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰeydʰ-yo-, *gʷʰoydʰ-yo-. Cognate with Russian жи́дкий (žídkij), жи́жа (žíža).

Adjective

գէջ • (gēǰ)

1. moist, humid
2. lascivious, lewd
3. (nominalized) moisture

   գէջ ականջաց ― gēǰ akanǰacʻ ― ear-wax

Declension

o-type with i-type locative

	singular	plural
nominative	գէջ (gēǰ)	գէջք (gēǰkʻ)
genitive	գիջոյ (giǰoy)	գիջոց (giǰocʻ)
dative	գիջոյ (giǰoy)	գիջոց (giǰocʻ)
accusative	գէջ (gēǰ)	գէջս (gēǰs)
ablative	գիջոյ (giǰoy)	գիջոց (giǰocʻ)
instrumental	գիջով (giǰov)	գիջովք (giǰovkʻ)
locative	գիջի, գէջ (giǰi, gēǰ)	գէջս (gēǰs)

Derived terms

• անգիջական (angiǰakan)
• գէճակն (gēčakn)
• գիճագոյն (gičagoyn)
• գիճական (gičakan)
• գիճակն (gičakn)
• գիճահամ (gičaham)
• գիճային (gičayin)
• գիճանամ (gičanam)
• գիճացուցանեմ (gičacʻucʻanem)
• գիջագոյն (giǰagoyn)
• գիջագործ (giǰagorc)
• գիջալից (giǰalicʻ)
• գիջական (giǰakan)
• գիջակն (giǰakn)
• գիջակնեայ (giǰakneay)
• գիջահամ (giǰaham)
• գիջամոլի (giǰamoli)
• գիջամտութիւն (giǰamtutʻiwn)
• գիջային (giǰayin)
• գիջանամ (giǰanam)
• գիջացուցանեմ (giǰacʻucʻanem)
• գիջին (giǰin)
• գիջութիւն (giǰutʻiwn)

Descendants

• Armenian: գեջ (geǰ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գէջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գէջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գէջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 210