զեղխ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian զեղխ (zełx).

Pronunciation

Adjective

զեղխ (zełx) (superlative ամենազեղխ)

  1. (literary) intemperate, lewd, debauched, dissolute

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • զեխ (zex)
  • զիղխ (ziłx) post-classical

Etymology

Usually considered a word of unknown origin.[1][2][3] Probably a Semitic borrowing: compare the Arabic root ز ل ق (z-l-q) forming words related to slipping, notably زَلِق (zaliq, slippery).[4][5]

Adjective

զեղխ (zełx)

  1. movable, inconstant, slippery
    • 5th century, Bible, Proverbs 5.6:
      Զի ի ճանապարհս կենաց ոչ գնան, զեղխ են ճանապարհք նորա` եւ ոչ յայտնիք։
      Zi i čanaparhs kenacʿ očʿ gnan, zełx en čanaparhkʿ nora` ew očʿ yaytnikʿ.
      Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know.
  2. intemperate, lewd, debauched, dissolute

Derived terms

  • անզեխ (anzex)
  • անզեղխ (anzełx)
  • գինեզեխութիւն (ginezexutʿiwn)
  • զեխանք (zexankʿ)
  • զեխիմ (zexim)
  • զեխութիւն (zexutʿiwn)
  • զեղխաբարոյութիւն (zełxabaroyutʿiwn)
  • զեղխագործութիւն (zełxagorcutʿiwn)
  • զեղխալից (zełxalicʿ)
  • զեղխանամ (zełxanam)
  • զեղխանք (zełxankʿ)
  • զեղխեմ (zełxem)
  • զեղխիմ (zełxim)
  • զեղխութիւն (zełxutʿiwn)
  • զեղխումն (zełxumn)
  • զեղութիւն (zełutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: զեղխ (zełx)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), զեղխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 89–90
  2. 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 962
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), զեղխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 236ab
  4. Kerestedjian, Bedros (1945), Kerest Haig, editor, Étude philologique et lexicographique de 6000 mots et noms arméniens avec des comparaisons de 100.000 mots de 900 langues et des données historiques et géographiques (in French), London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., page 135
  5. Urišean, Vardgēs (1995), զեղխ”, in Mer armatnerə nor loysi tak [Our Root Words Under New Light] (in Armenian), volume I, Fresno: Meshag Printing & Publishing, page 88b

Further reading

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