փայծաղն

փայծաղն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• փայծեղն (pʿaycełn), փայձաղն (pʿayjałn)

Etymology

Cognate with Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn), Latin liēn, Sanskrit प्लिहन् (plihan), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥‎ (spər^əzan), Lithuanian blužnìs, Old Church Slavonic слѣзена (slězena) (Russian селезёнка (selezjónka)). Despite formal problems, which are usually explained through tabooistic sound replacements, all these forms obviously point to a Proto-Indo-European term.[1]

Noun

փայծաղն • (pʿaycałn)

1. spleen

Declension

n-type

	singular		plural
nominative	փայծաղն (pʿaycałn)		փայծաղունք (pʿaycałunkʿ)
genitive	փայծաղան (pʿaycałan)		փայծաղանց (pʿaycałancʿ)
dative	փայծաղան (pʿaycałan)		փայծաղանց (pʿaycałancʿ)
accusative	փայծաղն (pʿaycałn)		փայծաղունս (pʿaycałuns)
ablative	փայծաղանէ (pʿaycałanē)		փայծաղանց (pʿaycałancʿ)
instrumental	փայծաղամբ (pʿaycałamb)		փայծաղամբք (pʿaycałambkʿ)
locative	փայծաղան (pʿaycałan)		փայծաղունս (pʿaycałuns)

Derived terms

• փայծաղնացաւ (pʿaycałnacʿaw)
• փայծաղոտ (pʿaycałot)

Descendants

• Armenian: փայծաղ (pʿaycał)
  • → Cappadocian Greek: πεϊσάχι (peïsáchi)
    • →? Armenian: սիպեխ (sipex)
  • → Georgian: ფიწიღი (pic̣iɣi), ფიწეღი (pic̣eɣi); ფაწიღი (pac̣iɣi); ფიციხი (picixi)
• → Old Georgian: ფაწალი (pac̣ali), ფაწალა (pac̣ala)
  • Georgian: ფაწალა (pac̣ala)
• → Laz: ფანწალა (panǯala), ფაწალა (paǯala), ფალანწა (palanǯa)

References

1. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 647

Further reading

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “փայծաղն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “փայծաղն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press