ծուծ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծուծ (cuc).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծուծ (cuc)

  1. marrow, bone marrow
  2. brain
  3. (figuratively) essence, pith
  4. (figuratively) riches, possessions
  5. the action of sucking

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ծուծ (cuc) ծուծեր (cucer)
dative ծուծի (cuci) ծուծերի (cuceri)
ablative ծուծից (cucicʻ) ծուծերից (cucericʻ)
instrumental ծուծով (cucov) ծուծերով (cucerov)
locative ծուծում (cucum) ծուծերում (cucerum)
definite forms
nominative ծուծը/ծուծն (cucə/cucn) ծուծերը/ծուծերն (cucerə/cucern)
dative ծուծին (cucin) ծուծերին (cucerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ծուծս (cucs) ծուծերս (cucers)
dative ծուծիս (cucis) ծուծերիս (cuceris)
ablative ծուծիցս (cucicʻs) ծուծերիցս (cucericʻs)
instrumental ծուծովս (cucovs) ծուծերովս (cucerovs)
locative ծուծումս (cucums) ծուծերումս (cucerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ծուծդ (cucd) ծուծերդ (cucerd)
dative ծուծիդ (cucid) ծուծերիդ (cucerid)
ablative ծուծիցդ (cucicʻd) ծուծերիցդ (cucericʻd)
instrumental ծուծովդ (cucovd) ծուծերովդ (cucerovd)
locative ծուծումդ (cucumd) ծուծերումդ (cucerumd)

Derived terms

References

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “ծուծ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian

Etymology

A baby-talk word, but possibly of Proto-Indo-European origin, related to ծիծ (cic) and տիտ (tit). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ծուծ (cuc)

  1. substance to be sucked
  2. a kind of tax (?)
  3. (in the plural) the nostrils

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծուծ (cuc)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծուծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծուծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծուծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 340