ծին

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Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian ծին (cin). Doublet of ջինս (ǰins).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծին (cin)

  1. the act of giving birth, delivery (of animals)
  2. the time of giving birth (of animals)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ծին (cin) ծներ (cner)
dative ծնի (cni) ծների (cneri)
ablative ծնից (cnicʻ) ծներից (cnericʻ)
instrumental ծնով (cnov) ծներով (cnerov)
locative ծնում (cnum) ծներում (cnerum)
definite forms
nominative ծինը/ծինն (cinə/cinn) ծները/ծներն (cnerə/cnern)
dative ծնին (cnin) ծներին (cnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ծինս (cins) ծներս (cners)
dative ծնիս (cnis) ծներիս (cneris)
ablative ծնիցս (cnicʻs) ծներիցս (cnericʻs)
instrumental ծնովս (cnovs) ծներովս (cnerovs)
locative ծնումս (cnums) ծներումս (cnerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ծինդ (cind) ծներդ (cnerd)
dative ծնիդ (cnid) ծներիդ (cnerid)
ablative ծնիցդ (cnicʻd) ծներիցդ (cnericʻd)
instrumental ծնովդ (cnovd) ծներովդ (cnerovd)
locative ծնումդ (cnumd) ծներումդ (cnerumd)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os. Doublet of -զան (-zan).

Noun

ծին (cin)

  1. birth, delivery
    ի ծնէi cnēby birth; from one's birth
    կոյր ի ծնէkoyr i cnēborn-blind, blind from his birth
    զծնէ կաղն գնացուցանելzcnē kałn gnacʻucʻanelto cause the born lame to walk
  2. (figuratively) origin, source, rise, birth
  3. (figuratively) base (of a mountain)
  4. (anatomy) womb, uterus
  5. spot, sign

Declension

i-type
singular plural
nominative ծին (cin) ծինք (cinkʻ)
genitive ծնի (cni) ծնից (cnicʻ)
dative ծնի (cni) ծնից (cnicʻ)
accusative ծին (cin) ծինս (cins)
ablative ծնէ (cnē) ծնից (cnicʻ)
instrumental ծնիւ (cniw) ծնիւք (cniwkʻ)
locative ծնի (cni) ծինս (cins)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծին (cin)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 385
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 342
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy