# սագ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սագ (sag).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /sɑɡ/, [sɑɡ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /sɑk/, [sɑkʰ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

սագ • (sag)
* goose
    Synonym: (dialectal) ղազ (ġaz)

#### Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | սագ (sag) | սագեր (sager) |
| dative | սագի (sagi) | սագերի (sageri) |
| ablative | սագից (sagicʻ) | սագերից (sagericʻ) |
| instrumental | սագով (sagov) | սագերով (sagerov) |
| locative | — | — |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | սագը/սագն (sagə/sagn) | սագերը/սագերն (sagerə/sagern) |
| dative | սագին (sagin) | սագերին (sagerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | սագս (sags) | սագերս (sagers) |
| dative | սագիս (sagis) | սագերիս (sageris) |
| ablative | սագիցս (sagicʻs) | սագերիցս (sagericʻs) |
| instrumental | սագովս (sagovs) | սագերովս (sagerovs) |
| locative | — | — |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | սագդ (sagd) | սագերդ (sagerd) |
| dative | սագիդ (sagid) | սագերիդ (sagerid) |
| ablative | սագիցդ (sagicʻd) | սագերիցդ (sagericʻd) |
| instrumental | սագովդ (sagovd) | սագերովդ (sagerovd) |
| locative | — | — |

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱawā (“crying”). Cognates include Old Breton couann (“night owl”) (Breton kaouenn), Welsh cuan (“night owl”), Old High German hūwo (“owl”), Old Church Slavonic сова (sova, “owl”) (Russian сова (sova)), Lithuanian šaũkti (“to cry”), Sanskrit कोक (kóka, “goose”), कौति (kauti, “to sound, make any noise, cry out, moan, cry (as a bird), coo, hum (as a bee)”).

### Noun

սագ • (sag)
* goose
** 5th century, Łazar Pʻarpecʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] 7:այլ եւ զջրասուզակ մամռախնդիր խօզակեր մեծանձունք եւ յաղթամարմինք հաւքն, փորն եւ թանձրն եւ սագն, եւ կամ այլ բազում եւ անհամար ցամաքայնոցն եւ ջրայնոցն ջոկք թռչնոցն։ayl ew zǰrasuzak mamṙaxndir xōzaker mecanjunkʻ ew yałtʻamarminkʻ hawkʻn, pʻorn ew tʻanjrn ew sagn, ew kam ayl bazum ew anhamar cʻamakʻaynocʻn ew ǰraynocʻn ǰokkʻ tʻṙčʻnocʻn.Translation by Robert W. Thomsonand the large and powerful aquatic birds that seek out weeds and feed on moss—the swan, duck, and goose, and many other numberless coveys of birds, terrestrial or aquatic.

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: սագ (sag) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Łazar Pʻarpecʻi (1904) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Malxasean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ ew tʻułtʻ aṙ Vahan Mamikonean [History of Armenia and Letter to Vahan Mamikonian] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.4), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 10
* ↑ Thomson, Robert W. (1991) The History of Łazar Pʿarpecʿi (Columbia University Program in Armenian Studies. Suren D. Fesjian Academic Publications; 4)‎, Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, page 43

### Further reading

* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սագ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սագ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press