նեխ
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Usually considered a word of unknown origin.[1][2][3] Attempts to derive from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”)[4][5][6] are unconvincing, as that root would rather yield *նես- (*nes-) in Armenian.
Possibly a Georgian-Zan borrowing: compare Georgian ნეხვი (nexvi, “dung”),[7] for which a native Kartvelian origin has been proposed. Alternatively, the Kartvelian and Armenian terms are borrowed from a third unidentified source.
Noun
[edit]նեխ • (nex)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | նեխ (nex) | նեխք (nexkʻ) |
| genitive | նեխոյ (nexoy) | նեխոց (nexocʻ) |
| dative | նեխոյ (nexoy) | նեխոց (nexocʻ) |
| accusative | նեխ (nex) | նեխս (nexs) |
| ablative | նեխոյ (nexoy) | նեխոց (nexocʻ) |
| instrumental | նեխով (nexov) | նեխովք (nexovkʻ) |
| locative | նեխ (nex) | նեխս (nexs) |
Adjective
[edit]նեխ • (nex)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նեխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 438–439
- ^ 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 16
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “նեխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 564b
- ^ Dervischjan, P. Seraphin (1877) Armeniaca I: Das Altarmenische (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 104
- ^ Tērvišean, Serovbē (1885) Hndewropakan naxalezu [The Proto-Indo-European Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Nšan K. Pērpērean, page 90
- ^ Canini, Marco Antonio (1882) Études étymologiques (in French), Turin and Rome: Hermann Loescher, page 9
- ^ Vogt, Hans (1938) “Arménien et Caucasique du Sud”, in Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap (in French), volume 9, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 333 of 321–338
Further reading
[edit]- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նեխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նեխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 62