չիք

From Old Armenian չիք (čʿikʿ); see it for more.

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰikʰ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰikʰ]

չիք • (čʿikʿ)

1. there is not, there does not exist

չ- (čʿ-) +‎ իք (ikʿ)

չիք • (čʿikʿ)

1. there is not, there does not exist

   չիք ոք ― čʿikʿ okʿ ― there is nobody

   չիք ոք բարի բայց մի Աստուած ― čʿikʿ okʿ bari baycʿ mi Astuac ― no one is good save God only

   զԲաբելոն իմ չիք տեսեալ ― zBabelon im čʿikʿ teseal ― I have not seen Babylon

   չիք ոք չիք ուրեք ― čʿikʿ okʿ čʿikʿ urekʿ ― there is no one

   չիք որ գիտիցէ զայդ ― čʿikʿ or giticʿē zayd ― nobody knows that

   չիք ոք որ եղծանել կարէ ― čʿikʿ okʿ or ełcanel karē ― no one can destroy it

   չիք ինչ ― čʿikʿ inčʿ ― there is nothing

   չիք եւ չիք ― čʿikʿ ew čʿikʿ ― indeed it is not

չիք • (čʿikʿ)

1. nothing, nothingness; nullity

   առ չքի ― aṙ čʿkʿi ― for want of

   ի չիք դարձուցանել ― i čʿikʿ darjucʿanel ― to reduce to nothing, to annihilate

   չիք լինել, չիք յաչաց լինել ― čʿikʿ linel, čʿikʿ yačʿacʿ linel ― to come to nothing, to be annihilated, dissipated, to disappear, to vanish

   չիք լուսնի ― čʿikʿ lusni ― wane of the moon

• Armenian: չիք (čʿikʿ)

• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “չիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “իք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “չիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy