գէշ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- գիշ (giš) (post-classical, by back-formation from compounds such as գիշ-ակեր (giš-aker))
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow; poison”), with cognates such as Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀𐬵 (vaēšah, “decay, decomposition”), 𐬬𐬌𐬱- (viš-), 𐬬𐬌𐬱𐬀 (viša, “poison”), Sanskrit विष (viṣa, “poison”), Ancient Greek ἰός (iós), Latin virus. According to J̌ahukyan 2010, a borrowing from the Iranian cognate is more likely than direct inheritance from Proto-Indo-European.
Noun
գէշ • (gēš)
- corpse, carrion, dead body
- գէշ արկանել ― gēš arkanel ― to devour or make beasts eat
- ripped piece of body
- գէշ գէշ պատառիլ ― gēš gēš pataṙil ― to be torn into pieces
- (by extension) a piece of anything broken, a splinter, fragment
Declension
o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գէշ (gēš) | գէշք (gēškʿ) | |
| genitive | գիշոյ (gišoy) | գիշոց (gišocʿ) | |
| dative | գիշոյ (gišoy) | գիշոց (gišocʿ) | |
| accusative | գէշ (gēš) | գէշս (gēšs) | |
| ablative | գիշոյ (gišoy) | գիշոց (gišocʿ) | |
| instrumental | գիշով (gišov) | գիշովք (gišovkʿ) | |
| locative | գէշ (gēš) | գէշս (gēšs) | |
| the genitive singular can also be գիշի (giši) and the genitive plural գիշուց (gišucʿ) | |||
Adjective
գէշ • (gēš)
- (post-Classical) bad, ill
Derived terms
- գազանագէշ (gazanagēš)
- գէշագէշ (gēšagēš)
- գէշութիւն (gēšutʿiwn)
- գիշագէշ (gišagēš)
- գիշագէշ (gišagēš)
- գիշախանծ (gišaxanc)
- գիշախանձ (gišaxanj)
- գիշախանձեալ (gišaxanjeal)
- գիշախոտ (gišaxot)
- գիշակեր (gišaker)
- գիշահոտ (gišahot)
- գիշահոտութիւն (gišahotutʿiwn)
- գիշամուխ (gišamux)
- գիշատեմ (gišatem)
- գիշատեսակ (gišatesak)
- գիշաքարշ (gišakʿarš)
- գիշեմ (gišem)
- գիշութիւն (gišutʿiwn)
- դամբանագէշ (dambanagēš)
- հոգէգէշ (hogēgēš)
Descendants
- Armenian: գեշ (geš)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գէշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գէշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “³u̯eis-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1134
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “գէշ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 159b