պճեղն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Noun

պճեղն • (pčełn)

  1. instep; ankle; anklebone
  2. (by extension) foot

Declension

n-type
singular plural
nominative պճեղն (pčełn) պճղունք (pčłunkʻ)
genitive պճղան (pčłan) պճղանց (pčłancʻ)
dative պճղան (pčłan) պճղանց (pčłancʻ)
accusative պճեղն (pčełn) պճղունս (pčłuns)
ablative պճղանէ (pčłanē) պճղանց (pčłancʻ)
instrumental պճղամբ (pčłamb) պճղամբք (pčłambkʻ)
locative պճղան (pčłan) պճղունս (pčłuns)

a strange form զպճղմամբ (zpčłmamb) is also attested

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • պճեղնաւոր (pčełnawor)
  • պճղնաւոր (pčłnawor)
  • պճղնաւորիմ (pčłnaworim)

Descendants

  • Armenian: պճեղ (pčeġ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պճեղն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պճեղն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press