գէջ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- գէճ (gēč)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰeydʰ-yo-, *gʷʰoydʰ-yo-. Cognate with Russian жи́дкий (žídkij), жи́жа (žíža).
Adjective
գէջ • (gēǰ)
- moist, humid
- lascivious, lewd
- (nominalized) moisture
- գէջ ականջաց ― gēǰ akanǰacʻ ― ear-wax
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | գէջ (gēǰ) | գէջք (gēǰkʻ) |
| genitive | գիջոյ (giǰoy) | գիջոց (giǰocʻ) |
| dative | գիջոյ (giǰoy) | գիջոց (giǰocʻ) |
| accusative | գէջ (gēǰ) | գէջս (gēǰs) |
| ablative | գիջոյ (giǰoy) | գիջոց (giǰocʻ) |
| instrumental | գիջով (giǰov) | գիջովք (giǰovkʻ) |
| locative | գիջի, գէջ (giǰi, gēǰ) | գէջս (gēǰs) |
Derived terms
- անգիջական (angiǰakan)
- գէճակն (gēčakn)
- գիճագոյն (gičagoyn)
- գիճական (gičakan)
- գիճակն (gičakn)
- գիճահամ (gičaham)
- գիճային (gičayin)
- գիճանամ (gičanam)
- գիճացուցանեմ (gičacʻucʻanem)
- գիջագոյն (giǰagoyn)
- գիջագործ (giǰagorc)
- գիջալից (giǰalicʻ)
- գիջական (giǰakan)
- գիջակն (giǰakn)
- գիջակնեայ (giǰakneay)
- գիջահամ (giǰaham)
- գիջամոլի (giǰamoli)
- գիջամտութիւն (giǰamtutʻiwn)
- գիջային (giǰayin)
- գիջանամ (giǰanam)
- գիջացուցանեմ (giǰacʻucʻanem)
- գիջին (giǰin)
- գիջութիւն (giǰutʻiwn)
Descendants
- Armenian: գեջ (geǰ)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գէջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գէջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գէջ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 210