կայ
Old Armenian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʷh₂-ti-, from *gʷeh₂- (“to come, step”), whence կամ (kam). Compare also Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis.
Noun
կայ • (kay)
- standing (still), standing place, station, site
- զկայ առնուլ ― zkay aṙnul ― to stop, to pause, to halt, to rest, to cease
- կալ յուղիղ կայի ― kal yułił kayi ― to remain in uprightness
- ոչ լինիցի կայ թաթից ոտից քոյ ― očʿ linicʿi kay tʿatʿicʿ oticʿ kʿoy ― neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest
- կա՛ց ի կայի քում ― kácʿ i kayi kʿum ― stand upright!
Declension
Descendants
- Armenian: կայք (kaykʿ)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 250
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