# գզաթ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գզաթ (gzatʻ).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /ɡəˈzɑtʰ/, [ɡəzɑ́tʰ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /kəˈzɑt/, [kʰəzɑ́tʰ]

### Noun

գզաթ • (gzatʻ) (rare, archaic)
* fleece, wool

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | գզաթ (gzatʻ) | գզաթներ (gzatʻner) |
| dative | գզաթի (gzatʻi) | գզաթների (gzatʻneri) |
| ablative | գզաթից (gzatʻicʻ) | գզաթներից (gzatʻnericʻ) |
| instrumental | գզաթով (gzatʻov) | գզաթներով (gzatʻnerov) |
| locative | գզաթում (gzatʻum) | գզաթներում (gzatʻnerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | գզաթը/գզաթն (gzatʻə/gzatʻn) | գզաթները/գզաթներն (gzatʻnerə/gzatʻnern) |
| dative | գզաթին (gzatʻin) | գզաթներին (gzatʻnerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | գզաթս (gzatʻs) | գզաթներս (gzatʻners) |
| dative | գզաթիս (gzatʻis) | գզաթներիս (gzatʻneris) |
| ablative | գզաթիցս (gzatʻicʻs) | գզաթներիցս (gzatʻnericʻs) |
| instrumental | գզաթովս (gzatʻovs) | գզաթներովս (gzatʻnerovs) |
| locative | գզաթումս (gzatʻums) | գզաթներումս (gzatʻnerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | գզաթդ (gzatʻd) | գզաթներդ (gzatʻnerd) |
| dative | գզաթիդ (gzatʻid) | գզաթներիդ (gzatʻnerid) |
| ablative | գզաթիցդ (gzatʻicʻd) | գզաթներիցդ (gzatʻnericʻd) |
| instrumental | գզաթովդ (gzatʻovd) | գզաթներովդ (gzatʻnerovd) |
| locative | գզաթումդ (gzatʻumd) | գզաթներումդ (gzatʻnerumd) |

#### Synonyms

* ասր (asr)
* բուրդ (burd)

### References

* Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “գզաթ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 235c
* Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “գզաթ”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys, page 222a
* “գզաթ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980, page 396b
* Čērēčean, Gnēl; Tōnikean, Pʻaramaz (1992) “գզաթ”, in Hayocʻ lezui nor baṙaran [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume I, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 388b

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

A borrowing from Classical Syriac ܓܙܬܐ (gezzəθā, “fleece, wool”). See also կիզն (kizn).

### Noun

գզաթ • (gzatʻ)
* fleece, wool
** 5th century, Bible, Book of Judges 6.37:Ահա դնեմ գզաթ մի ասուի ի կալ․ եթէ լինիցի անձրեւ ի վերայ գզաթուն միայն եւ ի վերայ ամենայն երկրի ցամաքութիւն, գիտացից եթէ փրկեսցես ձեռամբ իմով զԻսրայէլ՝ որպէս եւ խօսեցար։Aha dnem gzatʻ mi asui i kal; etʻē linicʻi anjrew i veray gzatʻun miayn ew i veray amenayn erkri cʻamakʻutʻiwn, gitacʻicʻ etʻē pʻrkescʻes jeṙamb imov zIsrayēl, orpēs ew xōsecʻar.Translation by Brenton Septuagint TranslationBehold, I put the fleece of wool in the threshing-floor: if there be dew on the fleece only, and drought on all the ground, I shall know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: գզաթ (gzatʻ) (learned)

### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գզաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 547a
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գզաթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 158b
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գզաթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 549c
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գզաթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 118b
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 302
* Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “գզաթ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 432a
* Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 931
* Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017 July 26) “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 190