ածուխ

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian ածուխ (acux).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɑˈt͡suχ/, [ɑt͡súχ]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ɑˈd͡zuχ/, [ɑd͡zúχ]
  • Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

Noun

ածուխ • (acux)

  1. coal
    Synonym: քյոմուր (kʻyomur) (dialectal)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative ածուխ (acux)
dative ածխի (acxi)
ablative ածխից (acxicʻ)
instrumental ածխով (acxov)
locative ածխում (acxum)
definite forms
nominative ածուխը / ածուխն (acuxə / acuxn)
dative ածխին (acxin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ածուխս (acuxs)
dative ածխիս (acxis)
ablative ածխիցս (acxicʻs)
instrumental ածխովս (acxovs)
locative ածխումս (acxums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ածուխդ (acuxd)
dative ածխիդ (acxid)
ablative ածխիցդ (acxicʻd)
instrumental ածխովդ (acxovd)
locative ածխումդ (acxumd)

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The older spelling is probably ածուղ (acuł), from Proto-Armenian *a(w)cúɫo, from *anwcúɫ-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ngʷ-ōl-o-, from *h₁óngʷl̥. The form ածուխ (acux) probably arose under the influence of ծուխ (cux, smoke).

Noun

ածուխ • (acux)

  1. coal
  2. soot

Declension

o-type
singular (uncountable)
nominative ածուխ (acux)
genitive ածխոյ (acxoy)
dative ածխոյ (acxoy)
accusative ածուխ (acux)
ablative ածխոյ (acxoy)
instrumental ածխով (acxov)
locative ածուխ (acux)

oblique cases attested only post-classically

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ածխակէզ (acxakēz)
  • ածխանամ (acxanam)
  • ածղանամ (acłanam)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ածուխ (acux)
  • ? Udi: цӏил (c̣il)

References

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ածուխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ածուխ”, 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) “acuɫ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 18, 43
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ածուխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy