ճկոյթ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ծկոյթ (ckoytʿ)
- ծկիկ (ckik)
Etymology
The older spelling is ծկոյթ (ckoytʿ), from *ծլկոյթ (*clkoytʿ), from *ծուլկոյթ (*culkoytʿ), borrowed from a Georgian-Zan language: compare Laz წულუ კითი (ǯulu ǩiti, “pinky”, literally “small finger”).
Noun
ճկոյթ • (čkoytʿ)
- little finger, pinky
- կապել զոք ի ճկոյթն իւր ― kapel zokʿ i čkoytʿn iwr ― to conquer, to overcome
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ճկոյթ (čkoytʿ) | ճկոյթք (čkoytʿkʿ) | |
| genitive | ճկութի (čkutʿi) | ճկութաց (čkutʿacʿ) | |
| dative | ճկութի (čkutʿi) | ճկութաց (čkutʿacʿ) | |
| accusative | ճկոյթ (čkoytʿ) | ճկոյթս (čkoytʿs) | |
| ablative | ճկութէ (čkutʿē) | ճկութաց (čkutʿacʿ) | |
| instrumental | ճկութաւ (čkutʿaw) | ճկութաւք = ճկութօք (čkutʿawkʿ = čkutʿōkʿ) | |
| locative | ճկութի (čkutʿi) | ճկոյթս (čkoytʿs) | |
| a genitive singular ճկութան (čkutʿan) is also attested, which supposes a nominative *ճկոյթն (*čkoytʿn) | |||
Derived terms
- ճկոյթամայր (čkoytʿamayr)
Descendants
- Armenian: ճկույթ (čkuytʿ)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ճկոյթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ճկոյթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ճկոյթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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