# մոծակ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Middle Armenian մոծակ (mocak).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /moˈt͡sɑk/, [mot͡sɑ́k]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /moˈd͡zɑɡ/, [mod͡zɑ́ɡ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)
* Hyphenation: մո‧ծակ

### Noun

մոծակ • (mocak)
* gnat, mosquito
    Synonyms: մժեղ (mžeġ), (dialectal) սիվրիսինէկ (sivrisinēk)
** ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 42:մոծակ․ մուսօնիmocak; musōniմոծակ (mocak) = mussòn

#### Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | մոծակ (mocak) | մոծակներ (mocakner) |
| dative | մոծակի (mocaki) | մոծակների (mocakneri) |
| ablative | մոծակից (mocakicʻ) | մոծակներից (mocaknericʻ) |
| instrumental | մոծակով (mocakov) | մոծակներով (mocaknerov) |
| locative | — | — |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | մոծակը/մոծակն (mocakə/mocakn) | մոծակները/մոծակներն (mocaknerə/mocaknern) |
| dative | մոծակին (mocakin) | մոծակներին (mocaknerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | մոծակս (mocaks) | մոծակներս (mocakners) |
| dative | մոծակիս (mocakis) | մոծակներիս (mocakneris) |
| ablative | մոծակիցս (mocakicʻs) | մոծակներիցս (mocaknericʻs) |
| instrumental | մոծակովս (mocakovs) | մոծակներովս (mocaknerovs) |
| locative | — | — |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | մոծակդ (mocakd) | մոծակներդ (mocaknerd) |
| dative | մոծակիդ (mocakid) | մոծակներիդ (mocaknerid) |
| ablative | մոծակիցդ (mocakicʻd) | մոծակներիցդ (mocaknericʻd) |
| instrumental | մոծակովդ (mocakovd) | մոծակներովդ (mocaknerovd) |
| locative | — | — |

### References

* ↑ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 235

## Middle Armenian
### Etymology

The origin is uncertain.
Ačaṙean considers մոծակ (mocak) a Northeast Caucasian borrowing: compare Udi моцӏакӏ (moc̣aḳ), dialectal Avar мучак (mučak), Lezgi мичек (miček), Budukh мичек (miček), Lak мичӏак (mičʼak, “mosquito”), Khinalug мичаьг (mičäg, “fly”).
Has also been compared to Chagatai موچاك (mučak, “mosquito”), Northern Kurdish moz, Sanskrit मशक (maśáka), Abkhaz а-мҵ (a-mcʼ, “fly”), dialectal Turkish mucuk (“small fly; small mosquito; sandfly”), mücük (“fly”).
According to J̌ahukyan, the Armenian and most of the cognates are onomatopoeic formations, while closely similar Udi моцӏакӏ (moc̣aḳ) is borrowed from Armenian.

### Noun

մոծակ • (mocak)
* mosquito

#### Descendants

* Armenian: մոծակ (mocak)

### References

* 1 2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մոծակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 341ab
* ↑ Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Историко-лингвистические работы. Том II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 17
* ↑ Džaukjan, G. B. (1967) Очерки по истории дописьменного периода армянского языка [An Outline of the History of the Pre-Literary Period of the Armenian Language]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 151, 182, 256
* 1 2 J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 612
* ↑ Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, page 59
* ↑ Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 108
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մոծակ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 533a

### Further reading

* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “մոծակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press