թեժ
Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A dialectal word, inherited from unattested Old Armenian *թէժ (*tʻēž), a Middle Iranian borrowing: compare Northern Kurdish tîj, tûj (“sharp; hot, spicy”), Central Kurdish تیژ (tîj), تێژ (têj, “sharp, hot (peppery), quick”), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫎𐫏𐫋 (tyc /tēǰ/, “sharp”), Persian تیز (tiz, “sharp; quick”). Doublet of թեզ (tʻez).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /tʰeʒ/, [tʰeʒ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /teʒ/, [tʰeʒ]
Adjective
[edit]թեժ • (tʻež) (superlative ամենաթեժ)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | թեժ (tʻež) | թեժեր (tʻežer) | ||
| dative | թեժի (tʻeži) | թեժերի (tʻežeri) | ||
| ablative | թեժից (tʻežicʻ) | թեժերից (tʻežericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | թեժով (tʻežov) | թեժերով (tʻežerov) | ||
| locative | թեժում (tʻežum) | թեժերում (tʻežerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | թեժը/թեժն (tʻežə/tʻežn) | թեժերը/թեժերն (tʻežerə/tʻežern) | ||
| dative | թեժին (tʻežin) | թեժերին (tʻežerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | թեժս (tʻežs) | թեժերս (tʻežers) | ||
| dative | թեժիս (tʻežis) | թեժերիս (tʻežeris) | ||
| ablative | թեժիցս (tʻežicʻs) | թեժերիցս (tʻežericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | թեժովս (tʻežovs) | թեժերովս (tʻežerovs) | ||
| locative | թեժումս (tʻežums) | թեժերումս (tʻežerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | թեժդ (tʻežd) | թեժերդ (tʻežerd) | ||
| dative | թեժիդ (tʻežid) | թեժերիդ (tʻežerid) | ||
| ablative | թեժիցդ (tʻežicʻd) | թեժերիցդ (tʻežericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | թեժովդ (tʻežovd) | թեժերովդ (tʻežerovd) | ||
| locative | թեժումդ (tʻežumd) | թեժերումդ (tʻežerumd) | ||
Alternative forms
[edit]- թէժ (tʻēž) — traditional orthography
Derived terms
[edit]- թեժաթուխ (tʻežatʻux)
- թեժանալ (tʻežanal)
- թեժացնել (tʻežacʻnel)
- թեժություն (tʻežutʻyun)
Further reading
[edit]- Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “բարկ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 92ab
- Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “թէժ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 103b
- Nawasardeancʻ, Tigran (1903) “թէժ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Araratean barbaṙi [Dictionary of Ararat Dialect] (in Armenian), Tiflis: Movsēs Vardaneancʻ Press, page 40b
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “թեժ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 96b