փայծաղն
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- փայծեղն (pʻaycełn), փայձաղն (pʻayjałn)
Etymology
Cognate with Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn), Latin liēn, Sanskrit प्लिहन् (plihan), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spərəzan), Lithuanian blužni̇̀s, Old Church Slavonic слѣзена (slězena) (Russian селезёнка (selezjónka)). Despite formal problems, which are usually explained through tabooistic sound replacements, all these forms obviously point to a Proto-Indo-European term.[1]
Noun
փայծաղն • (pʻaycałn)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | փայծաղն (pʻaycałn) | փայծաղունք (pʻaycałunkʻ) |
| genitive | փայծաղան (pʻaycałan) | փայծաղանց (pʻaycałancʻ) |
| dative | փայծաղան (pʻaycałan) | փայծաղանց (pʻaycałancʻ) |
| accusative | փայծաղն (pʻaycałn) | փայծաղունս (pʻaycałuns) |
| ablative | փայծաղանէ (pʻaycałanē) | փայծաղանց (pʻaycałancʻ) |
| instrumental | փայծաղամբ (pʻaycałamb) | փայծաղամբք (pʻaycałambkʻ) |
| locative | փայծաղան (pʻaycałan) | փայծաղունս (pʻaycałuns) |
Derived terms
- փայծաղնացաւ (pʻaycałnacʻaw)
- փայծաղոտ (pʻaycałot)
Descendants
- Armenian: փայծաղ (pʻaycaġ)
- → Old Georgian: ფაწალი (pac̣ali), ფაწალა (pac̣ala)
- Georgian: ფაწალა (pac̣ala)
- → Laz: ფანწალა (panǯala), ფაწალა (paǯala), ფალანწა (palanǯa)
References
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 647
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փայծաղն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փայծաղն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 70-71