քրքանք

Old Armenian

Etymology

քրքեմ (kʻrkʻem) +‎ -անք (-ankʻ)

Noun

քրքանք • (kʻrkʻankʻ) pl

1. hearty laugh, loud or derisive laughter, burst of laughter

   քրքանք բառնալ ― kʻrkʻankʻ baṙnal ― to burst out a laughing, to burst into a loud derisive laugh, to laugh outright or immoderately, to roar with laughter

   քրքանք կալ ― kʻrkʻankʻ kal ― to be laughed at, derided, scorned

Declension

i-a-type

	plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative	քրքանք (kʻrkʻankʻ)
genitive	քրքանաց (kʻrkʻanacʻ)
dative	քրքանաց (kʻrkʻanacʻ)
accusative	քրքանս (kʻrkʻans)
ablative	քրքանաց (kʻrkʻanacʻ)
instrumental	քրքանաւք = քրքանօք (kʻrkʻanawkʻ = kʻrkʻanōkʻ)
locative	քրքանս (kʻrkʻans)

References

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