# եղիճ
## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* աղիճ (ałič), աղինճ (ałinč), աղինջ (ałinǰ), աղիջ (ałiǰ), աղիջիկ (ałiǰik), եղեճուկ (ełečuk), եղիճիկ (ełičik), եղինջ (ełinǰ), եղինճ (ełinč)

### Etymology

The origin is unknown. The sense of “shellfish” is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek κνίδη (knídē, “nettle; sea nettle, Actinia”).

### Noun

եղիճ • (ełič)
* nettle, Urtica
** 5th century, Bible, Job 31.40:Ապա փոխանակ ցորենոյ բուսցի եղիճ, եւ փոխանակ գարւոյ մորենի։Apa pʻoxanak cʻorenoy buscʻi ełič, ew pʻoxanak garwoy moreni.Translation by Claude E. Coxthen may nettles come forth instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley.
** 6th–12th? centuries, Baṙkʻ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen] :Աղկեպ (vars. աղկէպ, աղբեկ, աղփեկ, ակղեփ, աղկիպ, աղկէփ) = եղիճ (vars. եղինճ, աղինճ, աղիճ)Ałkep (vars. ałkēp, ałbek, ałpʻek, akłepʻ, ałkip, ałkēpʻ) = ełič (vars. ełinč, ałinč, ałič)ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē) = nettle.
** 9th or 10th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Tʻargmanutʻiwn dełocʻ zor əntrel en imastasērkʻn ew kargeal yayl lezuacʻ [A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary] :Անչարա = եղիճ (var. եղինճ)։Ančʻara = ełič (var. ełinč).أَنْجَرَة (ʔanjara) = ełič.
* (post-Classical) a kind of a shellfish

#### Usage notes

In Job, translates Ancient Greek κνίδη (knídē).

#### Derived terms

* աղէճկիտակ (ałēčkitak)
* աղճկուտակ (ałčkutak)
* աղճկուտատ (ałčkutat)
* աղճկուտատի (ałčkutati)
* աղճկտակ (ałčktak)
* աղճկտան (ałčktan)
* աղճտակ (ałčtak)
* աղջիկտակ (ałǰiktak)
* աղջկի տակ (ałǰki tak)
* աղջկուտակ (ałǰkutak)
* աղջկտակ (ałǰktak)
* եղիճկտուկ (ełičktuk)
* եղիճկտուտ (ełičktut)
* եղինճկտակ (ełinčktak)
* եղնճկտակ (ełnčktak)
* եղնճկտուկ (ełnčktuk)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: եղինջ (eġinǰ)
** → Northern Kurdish: yexîj, axîç, îrxiçi
** → Turkish: eğinç', yeğinç', eğinç, yığınç, yıgınç (dialectal)
** → Zazaki: yeğinç, arqiç

### References

* ↑ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 205
* ↑ Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen‎, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 3
* ↑ Greppin, John A. C. (1997) A Medieval Arabic–Armenian Botanical Dictionary (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 16), a separate print of Greppin 1995, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 13, page 24

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “եղիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 19–20
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “եղիճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “եղիճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 214a
* 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 936
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եղիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy