ծանծաղ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծանծաղ (cancał).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ծանծաղ (cancaġ) (superlative ամենածանծաղ)

  1. shallow, not deep
    Antonym: խոր (xor)
  2. (figuratively) shallow

Declension

nominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ծանծաղ (cancaġ) ծանծաղներ (cancaġner)
dative ծանծաղի (cancaġi) ծանծաղների (cancaġneri)
ablative ծանծաղից (cancaġicʻ) ծանծաղներից (cancaġnericʻ)
instrumental ծանծաղով (cancaġov) ծանծաղներով (cancaġnerov)
locative ծանծաղում (cancaġum) ծանծաղներում (cancaġnerum)
definite forms
nominative ծանծաղը/ծանծաղն (cancaġə/cancaġn) ծանծաղները/ծանծաղներն (cancaġnerə/cancaġnern)
dative ծանծաղին (cancaġin) ծանծաղներին (cancaġnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ծանծաղս (cancaġs) ծանծաղներս (cancaġners)
dative ծանծաղիս (cancaġis) ծանծաղներիս (cancaġneris)
ablative ծանծաղիցս (cancaġicʻs) ծանծաղներիցս (cancaġnericʻs)
instrumental ծանծաղովս (cancaġovs) ծանծաղներովս (cancaġnerovs)
locative ծանծաղումս (cancaġums) ծանծաղներումս (cancaġnerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ծանծաղդ (cancaġd) ծանծաղներդ (cancaġnerd)
dative ծանծաղիդ (cancaġid) ծանծաղներիդ (cancaġnerid)
ablative ծանծաղիցդ (cancaġicʻd) ծանծաղներիցդ (cancaġnericʻd)
instrumental ծանծաղովդ (cancaġovd) ծանծաղներովդ (cancaġnerovd)
locative ծանծաղումդ (cancaġumd) ծանծաղներումդ (cancaġnerumd)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of *ծան (*can) or *ծաղ (*cał), of unknown origin.[1][2] The formation is often compared to դանդաղ (dandał).

Adjective

ծանծաղ (cancał)

  1. shallow
  2. (figuratively) shallow
  3. slow
    Synonym: դանդաղ (dandał)

Declension

Noun

ծանծաղ (cancał)

  1. shallow
    ի ծանծաղ ելանելi cancał elanelto be disembarrassed, to get rid of, to extricate oneself from, to escape from danger
    ի ծանծաղ հանելi cancał hanelto liberate, to disembarrass, to relieve

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծանծաղ (cancaġ)
  • Georgian: წანწალა (c̣anc̣ala)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծանծաղ”, 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 444–445
  2. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծանծաղ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծանծաղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “ծանծաղ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծանծաղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy