փաղէժ

փաղէժ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Looks similar to փաղանգ (pʿałang). The ending is similar to the Iranian diminutive suffix -էճ (-ēč).

Noun

փաղէժ • (pʿałēž)

1. a kind of arachnid that bites stags
   • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, Pʿiloni yałags ban unel ew anasun kendaneacʿd, aṙ Liwsimakʿos :1822 edition, page 144

     Քանզի եղջերուք առ խածածս փաղիժիցն իմացան փոխանակ դեղ իւրեանց խեցգետի, որոյ կերակուրն անդէն բժկէ։

     Kʿanzi ełǰerukʿ aṙ xacacs pʿałižicʿn imacʿan pʿoxanak deł iwreancʿ xecʿgeti, oroy kerakurn andēn bžkē.

Usage notes

• Attested only in Philo in the form փաղիժ-ից-ն (pʿałiž-icʿ-n, genitive plural). Some dictionaries reconstruct the nominative as *փաղիժ (*pʿałiž), but this is incorrect as the genitive plural would then be *փաղժից (*pʿałžicʿ).
• In the manuscript margin glossed as փաղանգ (pʿałang).

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	փաղէժ (pʿałēž)		փաղէժք (pʿałēžkʿ)
genitive	փաղիժի (pʿałiži)		փաղիժից (pʿałižicʿ)
dative	փաղիժի (pʿałiži)		փաղիժից (pʿałižicʿ)
accusative	փաղէժ (pʿałēž)		փաղէժս (pʿałēžs)
ablative	փաղիժէ (pʿałižē)		փաղիժից (pʿałižicʿ)
instrumental	փաղիժիւ (pʿałižiw)		փաղիժիւք (pʿałižiwkʿ)
locative	փաղիժի (pʿałiži)		փաղէժս (pʿałēžs)

Descendants

• → Armenian: փաղեժ (pʿałež), փաղիժ (pʿałiž)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “փաղէժ”, 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 474b
• Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), “փաղիժ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Grigor Čēlalean, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 804b
• Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (2010), “փաղիժ”, in Grabari baṙaran. Nor haykazyan baṙaranum čʿvkayvac baṙer [Dictionary of Old Armenian. Words Unattested in the New Haykazyan Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, page 281b
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “փաղէժ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 756b
• Pʿēštəmalčean, Grigor (1846), “փաղէժ, փաղիժ”, in Baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language], volume II, Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 848b
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “փաղէժ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 722b

See also

• մորմ (morm)
• փաղանգ (pʿałang)