թիզ
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Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Armenian թիզ (tʻiz).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /tʰiz/, [tʰiz]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /tiz/, [tʰiz]
Noun
[edit]թիզ • (tʻiz)
- span (space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended, about 24 cm)
Declension
[edit]| i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | թիզ (tʻiz) | թիզեր (tʻizer) | ||
| dative | թիզի (tʻizi) | թիզերի (tʻizeri) | ||
| ablative | թիզից (tʻizicʻ) | թիզերից (tʻizericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | թիզով (tʻizov) | թիզերով (tʻizerov) | ||
| locative | թիզում (tʻizum) | թիզերում (tʻizerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | թիզը/թիզն (tʻizə/tʻizn) | թիզերը/թիզերն (tʻizerə/tʻizern) | ||
| dative | թիզին (tʻizin) | թիզերին (tʻizerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | թիզս (tʻizs) | թիզերս (tʻizers) | ||
| dative | թիզիս (tʻizis) | թիզերիս (tʻizeris) | ||
| ablative | թիզիցս (tʻizicʻs) | թիզերիցս (tʻizericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | թիզովս (tʻizovs) | թիզերովս (tʻizerovs) | ||
| locative | թիզումս (tʻizums) | թիզերումս (tʻizerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | թիզդ (tʻizd) | թիզերդ (tʻizerd) | ||
| dative | թիզիդ (tʻizid) | թիզերիդ (tʻizerid) | ||
| ablative | թիզիցդ (tʻizicʻd) | թիզերիցդ (tʻizericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | թիզովդ (tʻizovd) | թիզերովդ (tʻizerovd) | ||
| locative | թիզումդ (tʻizumd) | թիզերումդ (tʻizerumd) | ||
Derived terms
[edit]- թզանոց (tʻzanocʻ)
- թզիկ (tʻzik)
- թզել (tʻzel)
- ոչմիթիզական (očʻmitʻizakan)
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The origin is unknown.[1][2] Petersson connects with թեզան (tʻezan).[3]
Noun
[edit]թիզ • (tʻiz)
- span (space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended, about 24 cm)
- թզաւ յերկայնութիւն ― tʻzaw yerkaynutʻiwn ― a span in length
- palm, handbreadth, four fingers' breadth
- թանձրութիւն նորա թզաւ ― tʻanjrutʻiwn nora tʻzaw ― four inches thick
Declension
[edit]i-a-type
Derived terms
[edit]- երեքաթզեան (erekʻatʻzean)
- երեքթզեան (erekʻtʻzean)
- թզահասակ (tʻzahasak)
- թզաչափ (tʻzačʻapʻ)
- թզաչափաբար (tʻzačʻapʻabar)
- թզեան (tʻzean)
- թզուկ (tʻzuk)
- իննթզեան (inntʻzean)
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: թիզ (tʻiz)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թիզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 182
- ^ 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 941
- ^ Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, pages 133–134
Further reading
[edit]- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թիզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թիզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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- hy:Units of measure
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