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Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Armenian ծանր (canr).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ծանր • (canr) (superlative ամենածանր)
- heavy
- Antonym: թեթև (tʻetʻew)
- ծանր քար ― canr kʻar ― heavy stone
- cumbersome, unwieldy
- (figuratively) serious, grave; distressing, painful; excruciating; heavy, severe; hard, difficult, tough
- ծանր առաջադրանք ― canr aṙaǰadrankʻ ― tough task
- (of a character) difficult, tough
- (of a literary style) ponderous, heavy
- turbid (for understanding)
- (dialectal) pregnant
- Synonym: հղի (hġi)
Declension
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
Uncertain.
According to, Ačaṙean a Georgian-Zan borrowing: he compares Georgian წონა (c̣ona, “weight”), Laz წინუფს (ǯinups, “to weigh”), and its participle წინერი (ǯineri, “weighed”), all from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣on-. J̌ahukyan is sceptical due to the vocalism and because r-u-type adjectives are usually of native Indo-European origin.
Adjective
ծանր • (canr)
- heavy
- (figuratively) heavy; difficult; important
- ծանր, ծանունս ― canr, canuns ― heavily; grievously; deeply; vigorously; seriously; painfully
- ծանունս սխալել ― canuns sxalel ― to be greatly mistaken
- ծանունս լսել ― canuns lsel ― to give no ear, to pretend not to hear
- ծանր թուիլ ― canr tʻuil ― to take ill, to be displeased, angry, enraged
- մի ինչ ծանր թուեսցի քեզ ― mi inčʻ canr tʻuescʻi kʻez ― do not take it ill, do not be displeased
- ծանր է քեզ բանդ այդ ― canr ē kʻez band ayd ― the thing is above your ability
- ծանր է ինձ ― canr ē inj ― that is a heavy sacrifice for me
- ծանր ծանր երդմունք ― canr canr erdmunkʻ ― dreadful oaths
- թողէք զծանր oրինացն ― tʻołēkʻ zcanr orinacʻn ― you have omitted the weightier matters of the law
- (grammar) grave
Declension
r-u-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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ծանր (canr)
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| genitive
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ծանու (canu)
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| dative
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ծանու (canu)
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| accusative
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ծանր (canr)
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| ablative
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ծանուէ (canuē)
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| instrumental
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ծանու (canu)
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| locative
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ծանու (canu)
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| singulars follow r-u-type declension
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ 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, pages 164–165
- ^ Kocharov, Petr (2018) “Annotated Swadesh wordlists for the Armenian group (Indo-European family)”, in The Global Lexicostatistical Database, 102. HEAVY
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծանր”, 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, page 445b
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ծանր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 359b
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծանր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 33
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծանր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy