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իղձ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian իղձ (iłj)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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իղձ (iġj)

  1. (literary) desire, wish

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative իղձ (iġj) իղձեր (iġjer)
dative իղձի (iġji) իղձերի (iġjeri)
ablative իղձից (iġjicʻ) իղձերից (iġjericʻ)
instrumental իղձով (iġjov) իղձերով (iġjerov)
locative իղձում (iġjum) իղձերում (iġjerum)
definite forms
nominative իղձը/իղձն (iġjə/iġjn) իղձերը/իղձերն (iġjerə/iġjern)
dative իղձին (iġjin) իղձերին (iġjerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative իղձս (iġjs) իղձերս (iġjers)
dative իղձիս (iġjis) իղձերիս (iġjeris)
ablative իղձիցս (iġjicʻs) իղձերիցս (iġjericʻs)
instrumental իղձովս (iġjovs) իղձերովս (iġjerovs)
locative իղձումս (iġjums) իղձերումս (iġjerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative իղձդ (iġjd) իղձերդ (iġjerd)
dative իղձիդ (iġjid) իղձերիդ (iġjerid)
ablative իղձիցդ (iġjicʻd) իղձերիցդ (iġjericʻd)
instrumental իղձովդ (iġjovd) իղձերովդ (iġjerovd)
locative իղձումդ (iġjumd) իղձերումդ (iġjerumd)

Synonyms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Likely inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁iǵʰ-l- by metathesis, a derivative of *h₁eyǵʰ-. First etymologized by Tērvišean.

Noun

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իղձ (iłj)

  1. desire, wish
    իղձ լինելiłj linelto wish for, to envy, to covet, to desire eagerly, to burn with envy, with impatience
    լնուլ զիղձս իւրlnul ziłjs iwrto satisfy one's desire, one's curiosity
  2. prayer
  3. magician, sorcerer, foreteller of events
  4. guessing, divination, prophecy

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: իղձ (iġj) (learned)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “իղձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 240–241
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իղձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 301
  • Tērvišean, Serovbē (1885) Hndewropakan naxalezu [The Proto-Indo-European Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Nšan K. Pērpērean, pages 60–61
  • Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 129
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իղձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Viredaz, Rémy (2018–2019) “Occlusive + *r, *l en arménien : exceptions à la métathèse”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes[1] (in French), volume 38, page 17