եղիճ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- աղիճ (ałič), աղինճ (ałinč), աղինջ (ałinǰ), աղիջ (ałiǰ), աղիջիկ (ałiǰik), եղեճուկ (ełečuk), եղիճիկ (ełičik), եղինջ (ełinǰ), եղինճ (ełinč)
Etymology
The origin is unknown. The sense of “shellfish” is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek κνίδη (knídē, “nettle; sea nettle, Actinia”).
Noun
եղիճ • (ełič)
- nettle, Urtica
- 5th century, Bible, Job 31.40:[1]
- Ապա փոխանակ ցորենոյ բուսցի եղիճ, եւ փոխանակ գարւոյ մորենի։
- Apa pʿoxanak cʿorenoy buscʿi ełič, ew pʿoxanak garwoy moreni.
- Translation by Claude E. Cox
- then may nettles come forth instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley.
- Ապա փոխանակ ցորենոյ բուսցի եղիճ, եւ փոխանակ գարւոյ մորենի։
- 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʿ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen] :[2]
- Աղկեպ (vars. աղկէպ, աղբեկ, աղփեկ, ակղեփ, աղկիպ, աղկէփ) = եղիճ (vars. եղինճ, աղինճ, աղիճ)
- Ałkep (vars. ałkēp, ałbek, ałpʿek, akłepʿ, ałkip, ałkēpʿ) = ełič (vars. ełinč, ałinč, ałič)
- ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē) = nettle.
- Աղկեպ (vars. աղկէպ, աղբեկ, աղփեկ, ակղեփ, աղկիպ, աղկէփ) = եղիճ (vars. եղինճ, աղինճ, աղիճ)
- 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʿargmanutʿiwn dełocʿ zor əntrel en imastasērkʿn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʿ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :[3]
- Անչարա = եղիճ (var. եղինճ)։
- Ančʿara = ełič (var. ełinč).
- أَنْجَرَة (ʾanjara) = ełič.
- Անչարա = եղիճ (var. եղինճ)։
- (post-Classical) a kind of a shellfish
Usage notes
In Job, translates Ancient Greek κνίδη (knídē).
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | եղիճ (ełič) | եղիճք (ełičkʿ) | |
| genitive | եղճի (ełči) | եղճաց (ełčacʿ) | |
| dative | եղճի (ełči) | եղճաց (ełčacʿ) | |
| accusative | եղիճ (ełič) | եղիճս (ełičs) | |
| ablative | եղճէ (ełčē) | եղճաց (ełčacʿ) | |
| instrumental | եղճաւ (ełčaw) | եղճաւք = եղճօք (ełčawkʿ = ełčōkʿ) | |
| locative | եղճի (ełči) | եղիճս (ełičs) | |
| based on post-classical evidence | |||
o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | եղիճ (ełič) | եղիճք (ełičkʿ) | |
| genitive | եղըճոյ (ełəčoy) | եղըճոց (ełəčocʿ) | |
| dative | եղըճոյ (ełəčoy) | եղըճոց (ełəčocʿ) | |
| accusative | եղիճ (ełič) | եղիճս (ełičs) | |
| ablative | եղըճոյ (ełəčoy) | եղըճոց (ełəčocʿ) | |
| instrumental | եղըճով (ełəčov) | եղըճովք (ełəčovkʿ) | |
| locative | եղիճ (ełič) | եղիճս (ełičs) | |
| based on post-classical evidence | |||
Derived terms
- աղէճկիտակ (ałēčkitak)
- աղճկուտակ (ałčkutak)
- աղճկուտատ (ałčkutat)
- աղճկուտատի (ałčkutati)
- աղճկտակ (ałčktak)
- աղճկտան (ałčktan)
- աղճտակ (ałčtak)
- աղջիկտակ (ałǰiktak)
- աղջկի տակ (ałǰki tak)
- աղջկուտակ (ałǰkutak)
- աղջկտակ (ałǰktak)
- եղիճկտուկ (ełičktuk)
- եղիճկտուտ (ełičktut)
- եղինճկտակ (ełinčktak)
- եղնճկտակ (ełnčktak)
- եղնճկտուկ (ełnčktuk)
Descendants
- Armenian: եղինջ (ełinǰ)
- → Northern Kurdish: yexîj, axîç, îrxiçi
- → Turkish: eğinç', yeğinç', eğinç, yığınç, yıgınç (dialectal)
- → Zazaki: yeğinç, arqiç
References
- Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 205
- Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 3
- Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), separate reprint of the Handes Amsorya 109 (1995), 380–457 edition, Vienna: Mechitarist Press, § 13, page 24
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “եղիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 19–20
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “եղիճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “եղիճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 214a
- 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 936
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “եղիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy