այգ

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian այգ (ayg).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑjɡ/, [ɑjɡ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑjk/, [ɑjkʰ]

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Noun

այգ • (ayg) (poetic, archaic)

1. daybreak, dawn, morning

   Synonyms: լուսաբաց (lusabacʻ), այգաբաց (aygabacʻ)

2. (figuratively) dawn (of), outset (of), start (of)
3. (figuratively) youth

Etymology

From Proto-Armenian *aygo-, from *awyo-, from *aw(h)i-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ws-s-i, locative singular of *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”).

Noun

այգ • (ayg)

1. morning

   ընդ այգն, յայգուէ, ընդ այգս այգուն, այգուն/այգուցն ― ənd aygn, yayguē, ənd aygs aygun, aygun/aygucʻn ― at day-break, at the dawn of day, in the morning

   այգ լինել ― ayg linel ― to dawn

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “այգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “այգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “այգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ayg”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 54