գէջ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰeydʰ-yo-, *gʷʰoydʰ-yo-. Cognate with Russian жи́дкий (žídkij), жи́жа (žíža).

Adjective[edit]

գէջ • (gēǰ)

  1. moist, humid
  2. lascivious, lewd
  3. (nominalized) moisture
    գէջ ականջաց ― gēǰ akanǰacʻ ― ear-wax

Declension[edit]

o-type with i-type locative
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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: գեջ (geǰ)

References[edit]

  • 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
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