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կուրծ

կուրծ

See also: կուրծք

Armenian

Noun

կուրծ (kurc)

  1. udder

Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), կուրծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 667a
  • կուրծ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1974, page 248b

Old Armenian

Etymology

Either from the root of կրծեմ (krcem, to gnaw), as if “something for gnawing”, or the root of կուրծք (kurckʿ, breast), because the stump is in the middle.

Noun

կուրծ (kurc)

  1. cabbage-stump, cabbage-stalk

Derived terms

  • կաղամբակուրծ (kałambakurc)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կուրծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), կուրծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կուրծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935