քօշ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is քաւշ (kʻawš), from Classical Syriac ܟܒܫܐ (keḇšā, “ram, wether”).

Noun

քօշ • (kʻōš)

  1. he-goat
    Synonyms: նոխազ (noxaz), քաղ (kʻał)
    Hypernym: այծ (ayc)
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 15.9:[1]
      Եւ ասէ ցնա․ ա՛ռ դու ինձ երինջ երեմեան եւ քօշ երեմեան, եւ խոյ երեմեան, եւ տատրակ, եւ աղաւնի:
      Ew asē cʻna; áṙ du inj erinǰ eremean ew kʻōš eremean, ew xoy eremean, ew tatrak, ew aławni:

Declension
i-type
singular plural
nominative քօշ (kʻōš) քօշք (kʻōškʻ)
genitive քօշի (kʻōši) քօշից (kʻōšicʻ)
dative քօշի (kʻōši) քօշից (kʻōšicʻ)
accusative քօշ (kʻōš) քօշս (kʻōšs)
ablative քօշէ (kʻōšē) քօշից (kʻōšicʻ)
instrumental քօշիւ (kʻōšiw) քօշիւք (kʻōšiwkʻ)
locative քօշի (kʻōši) քօշս (kʻōšs)

Derived terms
  • քօշակ (kʻōšak)
  • քօշամորուք (kʻōšamorukʻ)
  • քօշանման (kʻōšanman)
  • քօշիկ (kʻōšik)
  • քօշումն (kʻōšumn)

Descendants
  • Armenian: քոշ (kʻoš)
  • → Georgian: ქოში (koši)
  • → Laz: ქოშატი (koşaťi)

References
  1. Zōhrapean, Yovhannēs, editor (1805), Astuacašunčʻ matean Hin ew Nor Ktakaranacʻ [Bible: Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 28

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քօշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 604–605
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քօշել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 605b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 46, page 254
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 320
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 62
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 933
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քօշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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