ճիչ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ճիչ (čičʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ճիչ (čičʿ)

  1. screech, scream, cry
    ճիչ արձակելčičʿ arjakelto screech, to scream
    ճիչ-գոռոց, ճիչ աղաղակčičʿ-goṙocʿ, čičʿ ałałaka loud screech, a shrill scream

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ճուչ (čučʿ)
  • ճինճ (činč)
  • ճինչ (činčʿ)

Etymology

An onomatopoeic formation.[1]

Noun

ճիչ (čičʿ)

  1. cry, shrill cry, shriek, screech, scream
  2. squalling, wailing, outcry

Declension

Derived terms

  • բարձրաճիչ (barjračičʿ)
  • ճիշտեմ (čištem)
  • ճիչեմ (čičʿem)
  • ճիչկան (čičʿkan)
  • ճիչկանք (čičʿkankʿ)
  • ճչեմ (ččʿem)
  • ճչիւն (ččʿiwn)
  • ճչումն (ččʿumn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ճիչ (čičʿ)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), ճիչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 200–201

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ճիչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ճիչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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