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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܒܘܨܝܢ (bwṣyn /būṣīn/), ܒܘܨܝܢܐ (bwṣynˀ /būṣīnā/, “wick, candle; pumpkin, gourd; mullein”),[1][2][3] ultimately from Proto-Semitic *būṣ-. Mullein, also called "candle-wick plant", was used to make wicks: see Verbascum_thapsus#Other_uses.
Noun
բուծին • (bucin)
- (hapax) candlewick
- Synonym: պատրոյգ (patroyg)
5th century,
Basil of Caesarea,
Yałags Vecʻawreay ararčʻutʻean , (1830 edition, page 57):
- Եւ որ ինչ ծծին և ձգին, ի սպառումն կրթէ հասանէ՝ ըստ օրինակի պատրուկ ճրագի կամ բուծնոյ, որ ծծեն քամեն զիւղն առ ի կերակուր հրոյ։
- Ew or inčʻ ccin ew jgin, i spaṙumn krtʻē hasanē, əst ōrinaki patruk čragi kam bucnoy, or ccen kʻamen ziwłn aṙ i kerakur hroy.
Usage notes
The word is a hapax legomenon. The only attestation is in the genitive form բուծնոյ (bucnoy). The nominative բուծին (bucin) is assumed based on it. Theoretically, nominatives *բուծն (*bucn) or *բուծուն (*bucun) are also possible, but the correct one is բուծին (bucin) as evidenced by the etymology.[2]
Declension
References
- ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 301
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բուծին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 482b
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “բուծին”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 138–139
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բուծն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բուծին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy