ցած

From Old Armenian ցած (cʻac); see it for more.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡sʰɑt͡s/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡sɑd͡z/,

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ցած • (cʻac) (superlative ամենացած)

1. low

ցած • (cʻac)

1. lower part; bottom part

ցած • (cʻac)

1. down; downwards

   ցած դնել ― cʻac dnel ― to put down

2. low

The origin is uncertain.

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱadyo-, from *ḱad- (“to fall”). This is not accepted by Ačaṙyan, because Proto-Indo-European *ḱ- should yield ս- (s-).

ցած • (cʻac)

1. low, lower
2. (figuratively) humble, lowly, modest, moderate, mild, docile, good
3. (figuratively) low, vile, abject, ignoble, base, mean, grovelling, worthless

ցած • (cʻac)

1. downward

   ցած հայելով ― cʻac hayelov ― looking down, modestly

• Armenian: ցած (cʻac), ցածր (cʻacr)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցած”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցած”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ցած”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “516”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 516
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ցած”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik