լուցկի

Armenian

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian լուցկի (lucʿki).

Pronunciation

Noun

լուցկի (lucʿki)

  1. match
    Synonym: (dialectal) քիբրիթ (kʿibritʿ)
    լուցկու տուփlucʿku tupʿmatchbox
  2. (dated) tinder

Declension

References

  • Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), լուցկի”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

From լուցանեմ (lucʿanem). The suffix -կի (-ki) is probably composed of -իկ (-ik) + (-i).

Noun

լուցկի (lucʿki)

  1. burning material, fuel, warming material, poultice

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: լուցկի (lucʿki) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), լուցկի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), լուցկի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -կի”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48
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