ցանկութիւն

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Old Armenian

Etymology

ցանկ (cʻank) +‎ -ութիւն (-utʻiwn)

Noun

ցանկութիւն (cʻankutʻiwn)

  1. desire, longing, envy; will, pleasure; sensual pleasures, lust, concupiscence, voluptuousness, sensuality, passion, love; cupidity
    ցանկութիւն փառացcʻankutʻiwn pʻaṙacʻambition
    գալ ի ցանկութիւնgal i cʻankutʻiwnto desire, to wish
    լինել ի ցանկութեան մեծիlinel i cʻankutʻean mecito desire ardently, to wish for eagerly
    առնել ըստ ցանկութեան անձինaṙnel əst cʻankutʻean anjinto act according to one's caprice

Declension

n-type
singular plural
nominative ցանկութիւն (cʻankutʻiwn) ցանկութիւնք (cʻankutʻiwnkʻ)
genitive ցանկութեան (cʻankutʻean) ցանկութեանց (cʻankutʻeancʻ)
dative ցանկութեան (cʻankutʻean) ցանկութեանց (cʻankutʻeancʻ)
accusative ցանկութիւն (cʻankutʻiwn) ցանկութիւնս (cʻankutʻiwns)
ablative ցանկութենէ (cʻankutʻenē) ցանկութեանց (cʻankutʻeancʻ)
instrumental ցանկութեամբ (cʻankutʻeamb) ցանկութեամբք (cʻankutʻeambkʻ)
locative ցանկութեան (cʻankutʻean) ցանկութիւնս (cʻankutʻiwns)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ցանկություն (cʻankutʻyun)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցանկութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy