# սոճի
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* շոճի (šoči)
* շոջի (šoǰi) — Khotorjur

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սոճի (soči).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /soˈt͡ʃi/, [sot͡ʃí]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /soˈd͡ʒi/, [sod͡ʒí]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)
* Hyphenation: սո‧ճի

### Noun

սոճի • (soči)
* pine, Pinus
    Synonyms: թեղոշ (tʻeġoš), շամի (šami), չամի (čʻami), սոնոպրի (sonopri), փիճի (pʻiči)

#### Declension

u-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | սոճի (soči) | սոճիներ (sočiner) |
| dative | սոճու (soču) | սոճիների (sočineri) |
| ablative | սոճուց (sočucʻ) | սոճիներից (sočinericʻ) |
| instrumental | սոճով, սոճիով (sočov, sočiov) | սոճիներով (sočinerov) |
| locative | սոճում, սոճիում (sočum, sočium) | սոճիներում (sočinerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | սոճին (sočin) | սոճիները/սոճիներն (sočinerə/sočinern) |
| dative | սոճուն (sočun) | սոճիներին (sočinerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | սոճիս (sočis) | սոճիներս (sočiners) |
| dative | սոճուս (sočus) | սոճիներիս (sočineris) |
| ablative | սոճուցս (sočucʻs) | սոճիներիցս (sočinericʻs) |
| instrumental | սոճովս, սոճիովս (sočovs, sočiovs) | սոճիներովս (sočinerovs) |
| locative | սոճումս, սոճիումս (sočums, sočiums) | սոճիներումս (sočinerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | սոճիդ (sočid) | սոճիներդ (sočinerd) |
| dative | սոճուդ (sočud) | սոճիներիդ (sočinerid) |
| ablative | սոճուցդ (sočucʻd) | սոճիներիցդ (sočinericʻd) |
| instrumental | սոճովդ, սոճիովդ (sočovd, sočiovd) | սոճիներովդ (sočinerovd) |
| locative | սոճումդ, սոճիումդ (sočumd, sočiumd) | սոճիներումդ (sočinerumd) |

### References

* ↑ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (1981) “սոճի”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 1105, page 87

## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* շոճ (šoč), շոճի (šoči)

### Etymology

Borrowed from an unattested Iranian descendant of Proto-Iranian *sauč- (“to burn”), whence Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬊𐬗- (saoc-), Parthian 𐫘𐫇𐫝- (swc-), Persian سوختن (suxtan, “to burn”), Ossetian судзын (suʒyn, “to burn; to kindle”), because resinous pinewood is easily kindled. For the semantics compare մարխ (marx).
The form շոճ(ի) (šoč(i)) arose due to assimilation, on which see պատշաճ (patšač).

### Noun

սոճի • (soči)
* pine, Pinus
    Synonyms: պիտուս (pitus), ստորովենի (storoveni), ստրոբողոն (strobołon)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: սոճի (soči), շոճի (šoči), շոջի (šoǰi)
* → Georgian: სოჭი (soč̣i)
** → Ossetian: соцъи (soc’i)

### References

* ↑ Lagarde, Paul de (1868) Beitraege zur baktrischen Lexikographie (in German), Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, page 21
* ↑ Mkrtčʻyan, Nerses (2004) “Banasirakan čšgrtumner ew lracʻumner [Philological Corrections and Additions]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 3, page 186
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սոճի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 241ab

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սոճի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 238
* Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “սոճի”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
* Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2006) “սոճի”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շոճի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 86