քոս

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian քոս (kʿos).

Pronunciation

Noun

քոս (kʿos)

  1. itch, scab, mange
  2. lichen; moss

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Sanskrit कच्छू (kacchū, itch, scab), खस (khasa, itch, scab), Tocharian B kāswo (eruption on the skin, inflammation), as well as to the descendants of Proto-Indo-European *kes- (to scrape, comb).

Noun

քոս (kʿos)

  1. itch, scab, mange
    • 5th century, Bible, Deuteronomy 28.27:[1]
      Հարցէ զքեզ տէր կեղով եգիպտացոցն եւ թանչիւք եւ զայրացեալ քոսով, և մնով, զի մի կարասցես բժշկել։
      Harcʿē zkʿez tēr kełov egiptacʿocʿn ew tʿančʿiwkʿ ew zayracʿeal kʿosov, ew mnov, zi mi karascʿes bžškel.
      • Translation by New English Translation of the Septuagint
        May the Lord strike you with an Egyptian festering sore in the seats and with severe itch and scratching so that you cannot be healed.

Usage notes

Declension

Derived terms

  • քարաքոս (kʿarakʿos)
  • քոսոտ (kʿosot)
  • քոսոտիմ (kʿosotim)
  • քոսութիւն (kʿosutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: քոս (kʿos)

References

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), քոս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), քոս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 587–588
  • Dervischjan, P. Seraphin (1877) Armeniaca I: Das Altarmenische (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 15–16
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), քոս”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 786a
  • Lagarde (Boetticher), Paul de (1850), “Vergleichung der armenischen Consonanten mit denen des Sanskrit”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 4, page 363
  • Lidén, Evald (1916), “Studien zur tocharischen Sprachgeschichte”, in Göteborgs högskolas årsskrift (in German), volume 22, issue 3, pages 12–15
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 666
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 44
  • Petersson, Herbert (1920) Arische und armenische Studien (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 1, Bd. 16. Nr. 3) (in German), Lund, Leipzig, page 112
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), քոս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Pictet, Adolphe (1859) Les origines indo-européennes, ou Les Aryas primitifs: essai de paléontologie linguistique, volume I, Paris: J. Cherbuliez, page 295
  • Trautmann, Reinhold (1923) Baltisch-slavisches Wörterbuch (Göttinger Sammlung indogermanischer Grammatiken und Wörterbücher; 4) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 120
  1. Cox, Claude E. (1981) The Armenian translation of Deuteronomy (Armenian texts and studies; 2), University of Pennsylvania: Scholars Press, pages 184
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