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առէջ

առէջ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Noun

առէջ (aṙēǰ)

  1. threads running along the length of cloth, warp
  2. (botany) stamen
  3. twigs that are used to make the basic woven framework of baskets
  4. shuttle
  5. spindle
  6. cylindrical part of the loom made of a reed

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From առ (aṙ) + էջ- (ēǰ-), the root of իջանեմ (iǰanem, to go down); the threads gradually go down during the weaving process.

Noun

առէջ (aṙēǰ)

  1. threads running along the length of cloth, warp (figuratively also used for a spider web)

Declension

Derived terms

  • մետաքսառէչ (metakʿsaṙēčʿ)
  • օդառէջ (ōdaṙēǰ)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), առէջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), առէջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), առէջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aṙēǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 110