ցախ

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian ցախ (cʿax).

Pronunciation

Noun

ցախ (cʿax)

  1. brushwood, dry twigs for fire; firewood
  2. twigs put near a silkworm, on which it starts spinning its silk cocoon

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱokHo-. Cognates include Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, branch), Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, plough), Old East Slavic соха (soxa, stake, club, brace, plough), Lithuanian šakà (branch), Old Irish géc (branch) and Persian شاخ (šâx, branch). Dialectal ցաք (cʿakʿ) is of the same origin.

Noun

ցախ (cʿax)

  1. (botany) ash tree or maple tree
  2. branch, twig with leaves
  3. scrub, brush, thicket
  4. brushwood, dry twigs for fire, firewood
  5. (botany) heather
  6. (as an adjective, figuratively) tangled in a dense mass
    ցախ մօրուքcʿax mōrukʿmatted beard

Declension

Derived terms

  • կապարցախ (kaparcʿax)
  • կապրցախ (kaprcʿax)
  • ցախեայ (cʿaxeay)
  • ցախեմ (cʿaxem)
  • ցախսարեկ (cʿaxsarek)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ցախ (cʿax)
  • Georgian: ცახი (caxi), ცახე (caxe)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ցախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ցախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 11
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “c‘ax”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 619–621
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ցախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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