կռիչ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare կռինչ (kṙinčʻ).

Noun

կռիչ • (kṙičʻ)

  1. (usually in the plural) croaking, creaking, shrieking, cry or noise
    կռիչք հաւուցkṙičʻkʻ hawucʻcackling
    կռիչք թռչնոցkṙičʻkʻ tʻṙčʻnocʻchattering
    կռիչք խորդոցkṙičʻkʻ xordocʻcrunk, crunkle of the crane
    կռիչք ագռաւուkṙičʻkʻ agṙawucaw
    կռիչք գորտոյkṙičʻkʻ gortoycroak
    կռիչք եղջերուիkṙičʻkʻ ełǰeruibelling of the stag;

Declension

unknown type
singular plural
nominative կռիչ (kṙičʻ) կռիչք (kṙičʻkʻ)
genitive ? ?
dative ? ?
accusative կռիչ (kṙičʻ) կռիչս (kṙičʻs)
ablative ? ?
instrumental ? ?
locative ? կռիչս (kṙičʻs)

the oblique cases are not attested

Derived terms

  • գուժակռիչ (gužakṙičʻ)
  • կռչաձայն (kṙčʻajayn)
  • կռչեմ (kṙčʻem)
  • հաւակռիչ (hawakṙičʻ)
  • հաւկռիչ (hawkṙičʻ)
  • մազակռիչ (mazakṙičʻ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կռիչք (kṙičʻkʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կռիչք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կռիչք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կռիչ”, 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 377