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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵónwih₁, dual number of *ǵónu, + -ք (-kʻ).
Noun
ծունգք • (cungkʻ) pl
- (anatomy) knee
- անկանիլ ի վերայ ծնգաց, ընդգճիլ ի ծունգս ― ankanil i veray cngacʻ, əndgčil i cungs ― to fall on one's knees, to kneel
- խոնարհեցուցանել զծունգս ― xonarhecʻucʻanel zcungs ― to bend the knee
- անկանիլ առ ծունգս ուրուք ― ankanil aṙ cungs urukʻ ― to fall or throw oneself at the feet of
- փարիլ զծնգովք ― pʻaril zcngovkʻ ― to clasp the knees
- ննջել ի մէջ ծնգաց ― nnǰel i mēǰ cngacʻ ― to sleep on the knees of
- ի ծնգաց կալ ― i cngacʻ kal ― to be kneeling
- ծնգովք կրկնելովք ― cngovkʻ krknelovkʻ ― with bended knees, upon one's knees
- ծունգք նորա կթուցեալ դեդեւէին ― cungkʻ nora ktʻucʻeal dedewēin ― his legs tottered under him
- (botany) knot
- (music) a kind of Armenian note (round like a knee)
Usage notes
- The singular was expressed by ծունր (cunr).
- Nor Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean Lezui has also the forms ծունգն (cungn) and ծունկն (cunkn), together with genitive ծնգան (cngan) and instrumental ծնգամբ (cngamb). These forms are not attested, however.
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծունգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծունգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծունգ”, 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 344