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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian ծով (cov).
Pronunciation
Noun
ծով • (cov)
- sea
- big lake
- Վանա ծով ― Vana cov ― lake Van
- large artificial body of water
- the area covered with water, as opposed to land
- (figuratively) a large quantity, a sea (of), an ocean (of)
Declension
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
Possibly from Urartian 𒍮𒂊 (ṣu-e /ṣûə, ṣue/, “inland sea, large lake”). Alternatively, of Proto-Indo-European origin, with Old Irish gó (“sea”) and Old Norse kaf as cognates. In the latter case the Urartian word is borrowed from Proto-Armenian. See also ծաւի (cawi), Aghwan 𐕂𐔰 (c̣a).
Noun
ծով • (cov)
- sea
- կապուտակային ծով ― kaputakayin cov ― blue sea
- անշարժ ծով ― anšarž cov ― still sea
- խաղաղաւէտ ծով ― xałaławēt cov ― quiet sea
- ընդարձակ ծով ― əndarjak cov ― vast sea
- անհուն ծով ― anhun cov ― immense sea
- մրրկալից ծով ― mrrkalicʻ cov ― stormy or tempestuous sea
- մոլեգին ծով ― molegin cov ― dreadful of furious sea
- զայրագին ծով ― zayragin cov ― angry or raging sea
- փրփրադէզ ծով ― pʻrpʻradēz cov ― foaming sea
- որոտընդոստ/ահեղագոչ ծով ― orotəndost/ahełagočʻ cov ― thundering or roaring sea
- անսանձ ծով ― ansanj cov ― unruly or ungovernable sea
- սպառնալից ծով ― spaṙnalicʻ cov ― threatening sea
- անգութ ծով ― angutʻ cov ― pitiless sea
- անդունդք ծովու ― andundkʻ covu ― the depths of ocean, the mighty deep
- ի խորս ծովու ― i xors covu ― far out at sea
- կապուտակն ծովուց ― kaputakn covucʻ ― sea-green
- ջուր ծովու ― ǰur covu ― sea-water
- աշխարհացոյց ծովու ― ašxarhacʻoycʻ covu ― sea-chart
- հէն ծովու ― hēn covu ― sea-rover, pirate
- ընտել ծովու ― əntel covu ― accustomed to the sea
- ընդ ծով եւ ընդ ցամաք ― ənd cov ew ənd cʻamakʻ ― by sea and land
- գնալ ընդ ծով ― gnal ənd cov ― to go to sea, to put to sea, to sail
- անցանել ընդ ծով ― ancʻanel ənd cov ― to go over or across, to cross the sea
- ծով հեշտութեանց ― cov heštutʻeancʻ ― (figuratively) a sea of delights
- ծով ցաւոց ― cov cʻawocʻ ― (figuratively) a sea of griefs or sorrows
- զեփիւռ ծովու ― zepʻiwṙ covu ― sea-breeze
- ծով հողմախաղաղ ― cov hołmaxałał ― calm sea
- հարթածաւալ ծով ― hartʻacawal cov ― sea, as smooth as glass
- մոլեգնութիւն ծովու ― molegnutʻiwn covu ― the raging or fury of the sea, the roughness of the waters
- հեղեղ ծովու ― hełeł covu ― sea-breach
- ալէկոծ, յուզեալ է ծովն ― alēkoc, yuzeal ē covn ― the sea is turbulent, swelling, rolling
- ալէկոծի, փրփրէ ծովն ― alēkoci, pʻrpʻrē covn ― the sea runs high, foams, froths
- ծովն լայնասփիւռ ― covn laynaspʻiwṙ ― the main sea, the deep, the high or open sea
- ծով աչեր ― cov ačʻer ― blue or sea-green eyes
- զծով գովեսջիր, այլ ի ցամաքի կացջիր ― zcov govesǰir, ayl i cʻamakʻi kacʻǰir ― praise the sea, and keep on land
- large body of water
- (biblical) the molten sea in the Temple
- the West (because the Mediterranean sea was west of Palestine)
Declension
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Descendants
References
- Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 105, number 4, pages 597–603
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “arcui”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 139
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծով”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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