լիճ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian լիճ (lič).

Pronunciation

Noun

լիճ • (lič)

  1. lake
    Synonym: (dialectal) գյոլ (gyol)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Pokorny and J̌ahukyan, from Proto-Indo-European *lēgyeh₂, from the root *leg- (“to drip, ooze, flow out”), whence also լիկ (lik). Ačaṙyan is hesitant.

Noun

լիճ • (lič)

  1. lake (freshwater or saltwater); pond
    լիճ հրոյ ― lič hroy ― lake of fire, hell
    լիճ լուսոյ/արտասուաց ― lič lusoy/artasuacʿ ― the eye
    լիճ աղեղան ― lič ałełan ― the space between the chord and the bow
    առ ափն լճին ― aṙ apʿn lčin ― the margin of the lake

Declension

Derived terms

  • լայնալիճ (laynalič)
  • լիալիճ (lialič)
  • լճածով (lčacov)
  • լճակ (lčak)
  • լճամէջ (lčamēǰ)
  • լճափն (lčapʿn)
  • լճեզր (lčezr)
  • ծովալիճ (covalič)
  • սառնալիճ (saṙnalič)

Descendants

  • Armenian: լիճ (lič)
  • Central Kurdish: لیچ‎ (lîç)

References

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “լիճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “լիճ”, 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 282–283
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “լիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1963), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), issue 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 88
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 135
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “լիճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 297a
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