պոչ
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian պոչ (počʿ).
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | պոչ (počʿ) | պոչեր (počʿer) | ||
| dative | պոչի (počʿi) | պոչերի (počʿeri) | ||
| ablative | պոչից (počʿicʿ) | պոչերից (počʿericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | պոչով (počʿov) | պոչերով (počʿerov) | ||
| locative | պոչում (počʿum) | պոչերում (počʿerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | պոչը/պոչն (počʿə/počʿn) | պոչերը/պոչերն (počʿerə/počʿern) | ||
| dative | պոչին (počʿin) | պոչերին (počʿerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | պոչս (počʿs) | պոչերս (počʿers) | ||
| dative | պոչիս (počʿis) | պոչերիս (počʿeris) | ||
| ablative | պոչիցս (počʿicʿs) | պոչերիցս (počʿericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | պոչովս (počʿovs) | պոչերովս (počʿerovs) | ||
| locative | պոչումս (počʿums) | պոչերումս (počʿerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | պոչդ (počʿd) | պոչերդ (počʿerd) | ||
| dative | պոչիդ (počʿid) | պոչերիդ (počʿerid) | ||
| ablative | պոչիցդ (počʿicʿd) | պոչերիցդ (počʿericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | պոչովդ (počʿovd) | պոչերովդ (počʿerovd) | ||
| locative | պոչումդ (počʿumd) | պոչերումդ (počʿerumd) | ||
Synonyms
- (tail): ագի (agi)
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain.
Since de Lagarde the Armenian word is often connected with Sanskrit पुच्छ (púččha, “tail, the hinder part”), which Pokorny derives from Proto-Indo-European *pū̆k-, *peuk- (“thick-haired, bushy (bushy tail)”). Pokorny correctly does not mention the Armenian similarity, because Proto-Indo-European initial *p- would not yield Armenian պ- (p-). Also Ačaṙean considers the similarity with the Sanskrit word accidental and leaves the origin open.
J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *bowokyo- with a question mark, a supposed derivative of the root *b(e)u-, *bʰ(e)ū̆- (“to swell, puff”), with such cognates as Latin bucca (“cheek”) and Swedish puk (“swelling, lump, growth, tubers”). See Pokorny for this root, without the Armenian.
For the sense development ‘tail’ → ‘penis’ Ačaṙean compares Chagatai [script needed] (kotak, “tail; penis”).
Declension
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “պոչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 98
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “պոչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “պոչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- de Lagarde (Boetticher), Paul (1850), “Vergleichung der armenischen Consonanten mit denen des Sanskrit”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 4, page 361
- de Lagarde (Boetticher), Paul (1851) Arica (in Latin), Halle: J.F. Lippert, § 187, page 73
- de Lagarde, Paul (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, § 968, page 35
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 115
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “պոչ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 641b
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 849
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 98 of 98, 100