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թուք

թուք

Armenian

Noun

թուք (tʿukʿ)

  1. saliva; spittle, spit

Declension

Related terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (to spit, vomit); cognate with Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, spit out), Latin spuō, Proto-Germanic *spīwaną (whence English spew), Albanian shpif, Russian плевать (plevátʹ), Persian تف (tuf), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati).

Noun

թուք (tʿukʿ)

  1. spit, spittle; saliva
    թուք արձակելtʿukʿ arjakel ― to spit
    աման թքոյaman tʿkʿoy ― spitting-pan or box, spittoon

Declension

Derived terms

  • թուքընկալ (tʿukʿənkal)
  • թքալից (tʿkʿalicʿ)
  • թքակոծ (tʿkʿakoc)
  • թքակոծեմ (tʿkʿakocem)
  • թքանեմ (tʿkʿanem)
  • թքաքարբ (tʿkʿakʿarb)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), թուք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), թուք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), թուք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 298