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աչք

աչք

Armenian

աչք

Alternative forms

Noun

աչք (ačʿkʿ)

  1. (anatomy) eye
    կապույտ աչքերkapuyt ačʿkʿer ― blue eyes

Declension

Synonyms

  • (archaic) ակն (akn) (akn)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃(o)kʷih₁ (both eyes), dual of *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (eye), + (-kʿ).

Noun

աչք (ačʿkʿ) pl

  1. eyes; sight; look
    աչս արձակել՝ արկանելačʿs arjakel, arkanel ― to cast eyes upon, to desire
    ըստ աչս դատելəst ačʿs datel ― to judge by first sight
    յաչս դնելyačʿs dnel ― to despise
    առ աչս հայելaṙ ačʿs hayel ― to pay respect to persons
    յաչաց հանելyačʿacʿ hanel ― to render odious
    յաչաց ելանելyačʿacʿ elanel ― to be in disgrace, to lose the good graces of any one
    առ աչօքaṙ ačʿōkʿ ― fantastical, fanciful, chimerical; visibly
    առ աչօք ինչ տեսիլ, երեւոյթaṙ ačʿōkʿ inčʿ tesil, erewoytʿ ― spectre, phantom, ghost; vision, illusion
    կալ աչացkal ačʿacʿ ― to become blind
    թերաբաց աչքtʿerabacʿ ačʿkʿ ― half-closed eyes
    յաչս դնելyačʿs dnel ― to be bold, to brave, to defy
    աչք յարտասուսačʿkʿ yartasus ― tears in the eyes, weeping
    զաչս ի վայր արկանելzačʿs i vayr arkanel ― to lower the eyes
    ցաւ աչացcʿaw ačʿacʿ ― complaint, pain in the eyes

Declension

Usage notes

The word was used as the plural form of ակն (akn, eye) and referred to both eyes. Not so in modern Armenian.

Derived terms

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), աչք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), աչք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), աչք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ač‘-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 98