# ցաքատ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* ցակատ (cʻakat)
* ցաքհատ (cʻakʻhat) — hypercorrect

### Etymology

ցաք (cʻakʻ) +‎ -ատ (-at)

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /t͡sʰɑˈkʰɑt/, [t͡sʰɑkʰɑ́t]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /t͡sɑˈkɑd/, [t͡sʰɑkʰɑ́d]

### Noun

ցաքատ • (cʻakʻat) (Karabakh, Lori, Ghazakh)
* a machete-like tool common in Artsakh used to cut (thorny) branches
** 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] Տ.54:տապար· կացին, կամ թապար, կամ ցաքատ (var. ցաքոտ, ցակատ), կամ նաճախ։tapar· kacʻin, kam tʻapar, kam cʻakʻat (var. cʻakʻot, cʻakat), kam načax.
* (figuratively) rough person

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | ցաքատ (cʻakʻat) | ցաքատներ (cʻakʻatner) |
| dative | ցաքատի (cʻakʻati) | ցաքատների (cʻakʻatneri) |
| ablative | ցաքատից (cʻakʻaticʻ) | ցաքատներից (cʻakʻatnericʻ) |
| instrumental | ցաքատով (cʻakʻatov) | ցաքատներով (cʻakʻatnerov) |
| locative | ցաքատում (cʻakʻatum) | ցաքատներում (cʻakʻatnerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | ցաքատը/ցաքատն (cʻakʻatə/cʻakʻatn) | ցաքատները/ցաքատներն (cʻakʻatnerə/cʻakʻatnern) |
| dative | ցաքատին (cʻakʻatin) | ցաքատներին (cʻakʻatnerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | ցաքատս (cʻakʻats) | ցաքատներս (cʻakʻatners) |
| dative | ցաքատիս (cʻakʻatis) | ցաքատներիս (cʻakʻatneris) |
| ablative | ցաքատիցս (cʻakʻaticʻs) | ցաքատներիցս (cʻakʻatnericʻs) |
| instrumental | ցաքատովս (cʻakʻatovs) | ցաքատներովս (cʻakʻatnerovs) |
| locative | ցաքատումս (cʻakʻatums) | ցաքատներումս (cʻakʻatnerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | ցաքատդ (cʻakʻatd) | ցաքատներդ (cʻakʻatnerd) |
| dative | ցաքատիդ (cʻakʻatid) | ցաքատներիդ (cʻakʻatnerid) |
| ablative | ցաքատիցդ (cʻakʻaticʻd) | ցաքատներիցդ (cʻakʻatnericʻd) |
| instrumental | ցաքատովդ (cʻakʻatovd) | ցաքատներովդ (cʻakʻatnerovd) |
| locative | ցաքատումդ (cʻakʻatumd) | ցաքատներումդ (cʻakʻatnerumd) |

#### Derived terms

* ցաքատավոր (cʻakʻatavor)
* ցաքատակոթ (cʻakʻatakotʻ)

#### Descendants

* → Russian: цакат (cakat) (Molokans of the village Borisovka in the Ganja district)
* → Tat: saqat, saqot, soqot

### References

* ↑ Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 308

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցաքի”, 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 452a
* Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “ցաքատ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 461c
* Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “c‘ax”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 620
* Oskanyan, Vardan (2016) “Oroš haykabanutʻyunner kovkasyan parskerenum [Some Armenisms in Caucasian Persian Language]”, in Arewelagitutʻyan harcʻer [Problems of Oriental Studies]‎ (in Armenian), number 12, Yerevan: University Press, pages 241–242
* Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “ցակատ”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 746a