լուցկի

Armenian

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian լուցկի (lucʻki).

Pronunciation

Noun

լուցկի • (lucʻki)

  1. match
    Synonym: (dialectal) քիբրիթ (kʻibritʻ)
    լուցկու տուփlucʻku tupʻmatchbox
  2. (dated) tinder

Declension

References

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “լուցկի”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

From լուցանեմ (lucʻanem). The suffix -կի (-ki) is probably composed of -իկ (-ik) + (-i).

Noun

լուցկի • (lucʻki)

  1. burning material, fuel, warming material, poultice

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: լուցկի (lucʻki) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “լուցկի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “լուցկի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-կի”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
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