պոչ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian պոչ (počʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

պոչ • (počʿ)

  1. tail (of an animal)
  2. end, tail
  3. handle
  4. queue, line
  5. (botany) pedicle

Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative պոչ (počʿ) պոչեր (počʿer)
dative պոչի (počʿi) պոչերի (počʿeri)
ablative պոչից (počʿicʿ) պոչերից (počʿericʿ)
instrumental պոչով (počʿov) պոչերով (počʿerov)
locative պոչում (počʿum) պոչերում (počʿerum)
definite forms
nominative պոչը/պոչն (počʿə/počʿn) պոչերը/պոչերն (počʿerə/počʿern)
dative պոչին (počʿin) պոչերին (počʿerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative պոչս (počʿs) պոչերս (počʿers)
dative պոչիս (počʿis) պոչերիս (počʿeris)
ablative պոչիցս (počʿicʿs) պոչերիցս (počʿericʿs)
instrumental պոչովս (počʿovs) պոչերովս (počʿerovs)
locative պոչումս (počʿums) պոչերումս (počʿerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative պոչդ (počʿd) պոչերդ (počʿerd)
dative պոչիդ (počʿid) պոչերիդ (počʿerid)
ablative պոչիցդ (počʿicʿd) պոչերիցդ (počʿericʿd)
instrumental պոչովդ (počʿovd) պոչերովդ (počʿerovd)
locative պոչումդ (počʿumd) պոչերումդ (počʿerumd)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1]

Since de Lagarde the Armenian word is often connected with Sanskrit पुच्छ (púččha, “tail, the hinder part”),[2][3][4][5][6] which Pokorny derives from Proto-Indo-European *pū̆k-, *pewk- (“thick-haired, bushy (bushy tail)”),[7] but Proto-Indo-European initial *p- would not yield an Armenian պ- (p-).

J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *bowokyo- with a question mark, a supposed derivative of the root *b(e)u-, *bʰ(e)ū̆- (“to swell, puff”), with such cognates as Latin bucca (“cheek”) and Swedish puk (“swelling, lump, growth, tubers”).[8][9] See Pokorny for this root, without the Armenian.[10]

Müller connects with Ancient Greek πόσθη (pósthē, “penis; foreskin”).[11]

The similarity with Eastern Mari поч (poč, “tail”), which is from Proto-Uralic *ponči, *ponče (“tail”), is accidental.

For the sense development "tail" → "penis" compare Chagatai قوتاق‎ (ḳotaḳ, “tail; penis”), as well as Old Armenian ձետ (jet, “tail”), which in Middle Armenian also means "penis".

Noun

պոչ • (počʿ)

  1. tail
  2. (figuratively) penis
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, I linelutʿeann xndrocʿ ew lucmancʿ [Quaestiones et Solutiones in Genesim] 3.48:[12][13]
      Զպո՛չսն հրամայէ թլփատել․
      Zpóčʿsn hramayē tʿlpʿatel;
      • Translation by Ralph Marcus
        He commands that the foreskin be circumcised.
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, I linelutʿeann xndrocʿ ew lucmancʿ [Quaestiones et Solutiones in Genesim] 3.48:[14][15]
      քանզի որպէս աւելորդ է ի ծնունդ լինելութեան մորթ պոչոյն, եւ վնասակար է՝ վասն այնորիկ որ լինի ի վերայ նորա հուր ախտ […]
      kʿanzi orpēs awelord ē i cnund linelutʿean mortʿ počʿoyn, ew vnasakar ē, vasn aynorik or lini i veray nora hur axt […]
      • Translation by Ralph Marcus
        For just as the skin of the foreskin is superfluous in procreation because of the burning affliction which comes upon it […]
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, I linelutʿeann xndrocʿ ew lucmancʿ [Quaestiones et Solutiones in Genesim] 3.52:[16][17]
      […] ո՛չ այլ ինչ մասն, այլ զմարմին պոչոյն […]
      […] óčʿ ayl inčʿ masn, ayl zmarmin počʿoyn […]
      • Translation by Ralph Marcus
        […] and (He mentions) no other part but the flesh of the foreskin […]

Usage notes

The second sense has been alternatively translated as "foreskin".

Declension
o-type
singular plural
nominative պոչ (počʿ) պոչք (počʿkʿ)
genitive պոչոյ (počʿoy) պոչոց (počʿocʿ)
dative պոչոյ (počʿoy) պոչոց (počʿocʿ)
accusative պոչ (počʿ) պոչս (počʿs)
ablative պոչոյ (počʿoy) պոչոց (počʿocʿ)
instrumental պոչով (počʿov) պոչովք (počʿovkʿ)
locative պոչ (počʿ) պոչս (počʿs)
post-classical

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Armenian: պոչ (počʿ)
  • → Georgian: პოჩი (ṗoči)

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “պոչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 98
  2. Lagarde (Boetticher), Paul de (1850), “Vergleichung der armenischen Consonanten mit denen des Sanskrit”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 4, page 361
  3. Lagarde (Boetticher), Paul de (1851) Arica (in Latin), Halle: J.F. Lippert, § 187, page 73
  4. Lagarde, Paul de (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, § 968, page 35
  5. Justi, Ferdinand (1864) Handbuch der Zendsprache. Altbactrisches Woerterbuch. Grammatik. Chrestomathie (in German), Leipzig: F. C. W. Vogel, page 191a
  6. Patkanov, K. (1864) Исследование о составе армянского языка [A study on the composition of the Armenian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 18
  7. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 849
  8. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 115
  9. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “պոչ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 641b
  10. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 98 of 98, 100
  11. Müller, Friedrich (1890), “Armeniaca VI”, in Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe (in German), volume 122, page 6
  12. Awgereancʿ, Mkrtičʿ (1826) Pʿiloni Ebrayecʿwoy mnacʿordkʿ i hays, or en Meknutʿiwn Cnndocʿ ew Elicʿ, Čaṙkʿ i Sampʿson, i Yovnan, ew yeris mankuns kam i hreštaks [Philonis Judaei paralipomena armena. Libri videlicet quatuor in Genesin, libri duo in Exodum, sermo unus de Sampsone, alter de Iona, tertius de tribus angelis Abraamo apparentibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 219
  13. Marcus, Ralph (1953) Philo: Supplement I: Questions and Answers on Genesis (The Loeb Classical Library), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 242
  14. Awgereancʿ, Mkrtičʿ (1826) Pʿiloni Ebrayecʿwoy mnacʿordkʿ i hays, or en Meknutʿiwn Cnndocʿ ew Elicʿ, Čaṙkʿ i Sampʿson, i Yovnan, ew yeris mankuns kam i hreštaks [Philonis Judaei paralipomena armena. Libri videlicet quatuor in Genesin, libri duo in Exodum, sermo unus de Sampsone, alter de Iona, tertius de tribus angelis Abraamo apparentibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 221
  15. Marcus, Ralph (1953) Philo: Supplement I: Questions and Answers on Genesis (The Loeb Classical Library), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 245
  16. Awgereancʿ, Mkrtičʿ (1826) Pʿiloni Ebrayecʿwoy mnacʿordkʿ i hays, or en Meknutʿiwn Cnndocʿ ew Elicʿ, Čaṙkʿ i Sampʿson, i Yovnan, ew yeris mankuns kam i hreštaks [Philonis Judaei paralipomena armena. Libri videlicet quatuor in Genesin, libri duo in Exodum, sermo unus de Sampsone, alter de Iona, tertius de tribus angelis Abraamo apparentibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 253
  17. Marcus, Ralph (1953) Philo: Supplement I: Questions and Answers on Genesis (The Loeb Classical Library), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 245

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