գեղասահք
Armenian
Etymology
From գեղ (geġ) + -ա- (-a-) + սահք (sahkʿ). Coined in the 1970s, replacing the clunky calque ձեւավոր չմշկասահք (jewavor čʿmškasahkʿ).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɡɛʁɑˈsɑhkʰ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [kʰɛʁɑˈsɑhkʰ]
Usage notes
In colloquial Eastern Armenian, Russian фигу́рное ката́ние (figúrnoje katánije) is often used instead.
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գեղասահք (geġasahkʿ) | |||
| dative | գեղասահքի (geġasahkʿi) | |||
| ablative | գեղասահքից (geġasahkʿicʿ) | |||
| instrumental | գեղասահքով (geġasahkʿov) | |||
| locative | գեղասահքում (geġasahkʿum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | գեղասահքը/գեղասահքն (geġasahkʿə/geġasahkʿn) | |||
| dative | գեղասահքին (geġasahkʿin) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | գեղասահքս (geġasahkʿs) | |||
| dative | գեղասահքիս (geġasahkʿis) | |||
| ablative | գեղասահքիցս (geġasahkʿicʿs) | |||
| instrumental | գեղասահքովս (geġasahkʿovs) | |||
| locative | գեղասահքումս (geġasahkʿums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | գեղասահքդ (geġasahkʿd) | |||
| dative | գեղասահքիդ (geġasahkʿid) | |||
| ablative | գեղասահքիցդ (geġasahkʿicʿd) | |||
| instrumental | գեղասահքովդ (geġasahkʿovd) | |||
| locative | գեղասահքումդ (geġasahkʿumd) | |||
Derived terms
- գեղասահել (geġasahel)
- գեղասահորդ (geġasahord)
- գեղասահորդուհի (geġasahorduhi)
References
- Abrahamyan, S. G. (1981), “Žamanakakicʿ hayereni baṙakazmakan ōrinačʿapʿutʿyunneri zargacʿman mitumnerə [The Developmental Trends in the Regular Features of Word Formation in Modern Armenian]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 3, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 46 of 32–47
- Aġayan, Ēduard (1984) Əndhanur ew haykakan baṙagitutʿyun [General and Armenian lexicology] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 170
- Xlġtʿayan, F. H. (1982), “գեղասահք”, in Baṙaran-teġekatu : Nor baṙer ew imastner [Reference dictionary: New words and meanings] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan, page 58
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