քացախ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian քացախ (kʿacʿax).

Pronunciation

Noun

քացախ (kʿacʿax)

  1. vinegar

Declension

Derived terms

  • քացախահոտ (kʿacʿaxahot)
  • քացախամայր (kʿacʿaxamayr)
  • քացախաման (kʿacʿaxaman)
  • քացախաջուր (kʿacʿaxaǰur)
  • քացխաման (kʿacʿxaman)
  • քացխային (kʿacʿxayin)
  • քացխան (kʿacʿxan)
  • քացխուն (kʿacʿxun)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), քացախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Closely related with Georgian კაწახი (ḳac̣axi), კოწახი (ḳoc̣axi, sour, unripe). Has also been linked with Proto-Slavic *kvasъ (leaven), Latin caseus (cheese).

Noun

քացախ (kʿacʿax)

  1. vinegar
    • 5th century, Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of the Armenians] 106:[1]
      Ես ետ հրաման բերել աղ եւ բորակ եւ բարկ քացախ, եւ ընկենուլ զնա յորսայս, եւ դնել փող եղեգան ի քիթս նորա, եւ արկանել զայն ընդ քիթս նորա։
      Es et hraman berel ał ew borak ew bark kʿacʿax, ew ənkenul zna yorsays, ew dnel pʿoł ełegan i kʿitʿs nora, ew arkanel zayn ənd kʿitʿs nora.
      • Translation by R. W. Thomson
        And he ordered salt and borax and rough vinegar to be brought, and for him to be turned on his back, his head to be placed in a carpenter's vice, and a reed tube to be put in his nose, and this liquid to be poured down his nose.

Declension

Derived terms

  • քացախագոյն (kʿacʿaxagoyn)
  • քացախաթան (kʿacʿaxatʿan)
  • քացախաթան (kʿacʿaxatʿan)
  • քացախեմ (kʿacʿaxem)
  • քացախեցուցանեմ (kʿacʿaxecʿucʿanem)
  • քացախոց (kʿacʿaxocʿ)
  • քացախութիւն (kʿacʿaxutʿiwn)
  • քացախուտ (kʿacʿaxut)

Descendants

  • Armenian: քացախ (kʿacʿax)

References

  1. Thomson, R. W. (1976) Agathangelos, History of the Armenians, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, pages 120–121

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), քացախ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), քացախ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), քացախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “k‘ac‘ax”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 659
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