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ցախ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Armenian ցախ (cʻax).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ցախ (cʻax)

  1. brushwood, dry twigs for fire; firewood
  2. twigs put near a silkworm, on which it starts spinning its silk cocoon

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ցախ (cʻax) ցախեր (cʻaxer)
dative ցախի (cʻaxi) ցախերի (cʻaxeri)
ablative ցախից (cʻaxicʻ) ցախերից (cʻaxericʻ)
instrumental ցախով (cʻaxov) ցախերով (cʻaxerov)
locative ցախում (cʻaxum) ցախերում (cʻaxerum)
definite forms
nominative ցախը/ցախն (cʻaxə/cʻaxn) ցախերը/ցախերն (cʻaxerə/cʻaxern)
dative ցախին (cʻaxin) ցախերին (cʻaxerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ցախս (cʻaxs) ցախերս (cʻaxers)
dative ցախիս (cʻaxis) ցախերիս (cʻaxeris)
ablative ցախիցս (cʻaxicʻs) ցախերիցս (cʻaxericʻs)
instrumental ցախովս (cʻaxovs) ցախերովս (cʻaxerovs)
locative ցախումս (cʻaxums) ցախերումս (cʻaxerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ցախդ (cʻaxd) ցախերդ (cʻaxerd)
dative ցախիդ (cʻaxid) ցախերիդ (cʻaxerid)
ablative ցախիցդ (cʻaxicʻd) ցախերիցդ (cʻaxericʻd)
instrumental ցախովդ (cʻaxovd) ցախերովդ (cʻaxerovd)
locative ցախումդ (cʻaxumd) ցախերումդ (cʻaxerumd)

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ḱokHo-. Cognates include Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, branch), Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, plough), Old East Slavic соха (soxa, stake, club, brace, plough), Lithuanian šakà (branch), Old Irish géc (branch) and Persian شاخ (šâx, branch). Dialectal ցաք (cʻakʻ) is of the same origin.

Noun

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ցախ (cʻax)

  1. (botany) ash tree or maple tree
  2. branch, twig with leaves
  3. scrub, brush, thicket
  4. brushwood, dry twigs for fire, firewood
  5. (botany) heather
  6. (as an adjective, figuratively) tangled in a dense mass
    ցախ մօրուքcʻax mōrukʻmatted beard

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ցախ (cʻax)
  • Georgian: ცახი (caxi), ცახე (caxe)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ցախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 11
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “c‘ax”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 619–621
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy