ցաք
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian *ցաք (*cʿakʿ), of the same Proto-Indo-European origin as ցախ (cʿax).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [t͡sʰɑkʰ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [t͡sʰɑkʰ]
Noun
ցաք • (cʿakʿ) (dialectal)
- a thorny shrub, the branches of which are used for making hedges
- harrow made of thorny bushes or tree-branches
- Synonyms: ցաքան (cʿakʿan), տափան (tapʿan)
- (figurative) rough person
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ցաք (cʿakʿ) | ցաքներ (cʿakʿner) | ||
| dative | ցաքի (cʿakʿi) | ցաքների (cʿakʿneri) | ||
| ablative | ցաքից (cʿakʿicʿ) | ցաքներից (cʿakʿnericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | ցաքով (cʿakʿov) | ցաքներով (cʿakʿnerov) | ||
| locative | ցաքում (cʿakʿum) | ցաքներում (cʿakʿnerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | ցաքը/ցաքն (cʿakʿə/cʿakʿn) | ցաքները/ցաքներն (cʿakʿnerə/cʿakʿnern) | ||
| dative | ցաքին (cʿakʿin) | ցաքներին (cʿakʿnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | ցաքս (cʿakʿs) | ցաքներս (cʿakʿners) | ||
| dative | ցաքիս (cʿakʿis) | ցաքներիս (cʿakʿneris) | ||
| ablative | ցաքիցս (cʿakʿicʿs) | ցաքներիցս (cʿakʿnericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | ցաքովս (cʿakʿovs) | ցաքներովս (cʿakʿnerovs) | ||
| locative | ցաքումս (cʿakʿums) | ցաքներումս (cʿakʿnerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | ցաքդ (cʿakʿd) | ցաքներդ (cʿakʿnerd) | ||
| dative | ցաքիդ (cʿakʿid) | ցաքներիդ (cʿakʿnerid) | ||
| ablative | ցաքիցդ (cʿakʿicʿd) | ցաքներիցդ (cʿakʿnericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | ցաքովդ (cʿakʿovd) | ցաքներովդ (cʿakʿnerovd) | ||
| locative | ցաքումդ (cʿakʿumd) | ցաքներումդ (cʿakʿnerumd) | ||
Derived terms
- ցախուցաք (cʿaxucʿakʿ)
- ցաքամեր (cʿakʿamer)
- ցաքան (cʿakʿan)
- ցաքատ (cʿakʿat)
- ցաքել (cʿakʿel)
- ցաքզնջիլ (cʿakʿznǰil)
- ցաքի (cʿakʿi)
- ցաքլիս (cʿakʿlis)
- ցաքլից (cʿakʿlicʿ)
- ցաքճաղ (cʿakʿčał)
- ցաքվոր (cʿakʿvor)
- ցաքտուք (cʿakʿtukʿ)
- ցաքուկ (cʿakʿuk)
- Ցաքուտ (Cʿakʿut)
- ցաքուտ (cʿakʿut)
- ցիքնամար (cʿikʿnamar)
- ցիքնամեր (cʿikʿnamer)
Related terms
- ցախ (cʿax)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979) , “ցախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 447a
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979) , “ցաքի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 452a
- Amatuni, Sahak (1912) , “ցաք”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 642a
- Davtʿyan, K. S. (1954) Leṙnayin Łarabałi barbaṙayin kʿartezə [The dialectal map of Nagorno-Karabakh] (Hayeren barbaṙner; 9) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 487
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) , “c‘ax”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 619–621
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2010) , “ցաք”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume VI, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 268a