աճուկ
Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian աճուկ (ačuk).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɑˈt͡ʃuk]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɑˈd͡ʒuɡ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ա‧ճուկ
Noun
աճուկ • (ačuk)
- groin (the fold or depression on either side of the body between the abdomen and the upper thigh)
- (dialectal) pubis
- (dialectal) pelvis
- (dialectal) thigh
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | աճուկ (ačuk) | աճուկներ (ačukner) | ||
| dative | աճուկի (ačuki) | աճուկների (ačukneri) | ||
| ablative | աճուկից (ačukicʿ) | աճուկներից (ačuknericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | աճուկով (ačukov) | աճուկներով (ačuknerov) | ||
| locative | աճուկում (ačukum) | աճուկներում (ačuknerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | աճուկը/աճուկն (ačukə/ačukn) | աճուկները/աճուկներն (ačuknerə/ačuknern) | ||
| dative | աճուկին (ačukin) | աճուկներին (ačuknerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | աճուկս (ačuks) | աճուկներս (ačukners) | ||
| dative | աճուկիս (ačukis) | աճուկներիս (ačukneris) | ||
| ablative | աճուկիցս (ačukicʿs) | աճուկներիցս (ačuknericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | աճուկովս (ačukovs) | աճուկներովս (ačuknerovs) | ||
| locative | աճուկումս (ačukums) | աճուկներումս (ačuknerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | աճուկդ (ačukd) | աճուկներդ (ačuknerd) | ||
| dative | աճուկիդ (ačukid) | աճուկներիդ (ačuknerid) | ||
| ablative | աճուկիցդ (ačukicʿd) | աճուկներիցդ (ačuknericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | աճուկովդ (ačukovd) | աճուկներովդ (ačuknerovd) | ||
| locative | աճուկումդ (ačukumd) | աճուկներումդ (ačuknerumd) | ||
Middle Armenian
Etymology
From աճել (ačel, “to grow”) + -ուկ (-uk), because of the widespread belief that the groin relates to the process of childgrowth.
Noun
աճուկ • (ačuk), genitive singular աճուկի (ačuki)
- groin (the fold or depression on either side of the body between the abdomen and the upper thigh)
Descendants
- Armenian: աճուկ (ačuk)
References
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աճուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աճուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “աճուկ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ačuk”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 44