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կից

կից

Armenian

Adjective

կից (kicʿ) (superlative ամենակից)

  1. together, united, conjoined
  2. close, near

Declension

Conjunction

կից (kicʿ)

  1. close, near, at

Noun

կից (kicʿ)

  1. (Western Armenian) Alternative form of կիցք (kicʿkʿ)
  2. (dialectal) Alternative form of կուց (kucʿ)

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dwi-sk-, from *dwóh₁ (two). Compare Old High German zwisk (double).

Adjective

կից (kicʿ)

  1. together, united, conjoined
    կից լինելkicʿ linel ― to be annexed
  2. close, near

Adverb

կից (kicʿ)

  1. conjointly, together, at the same time
    կից ընթանալkicʿ əntʿanal ― to run together; to concur with, to cooperate; to compete

Noun

կից (kicʿ)

  1. (in the plural) joint, conjunction, union
    կիցք ճանապարհիkicʿkʿ čanaparhi ― place where four roads meet or cross, cross-road or cross-street
    կիցք բանիցkicʿkʿ banicʿ ― composition, texture
    կիցք անդրեացkicʿkʿ andreacʿ ― group of statuary
  2. (in the plural) the hind part of an animal
  3. (in the plural) kick, kicking (developed from the previous sense)
    կիցս արձակել, ընկենուլ, հանելkicʿs arjakel, ənkenul, hanel ― to kick, to fling out or kick up the heels
  4. Alternative form of կուց (kucʿ)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կից”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), կից”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կից”, 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 365