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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain.
Noun
ցորեան • (cʻorean)
- wheat
5th century,
Bible,
Job 31.40:
[1]- Ապա փոխանակ ցորենոյ բուսցի եղիճ, եւ փոխանակ գարւոյ մորենի։
- Apa pʻoxanak cʻorenoy buscʻi ełič, ew pʻoxanak garwoy moreni.
- Translation by Claude E. Cox
- then may nettles come forth instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley.
- (by extension) corn, grain
- հարկանեն ճճիք զցորեան ― harkanen ččikʻ zcʻorean ― weevils destroy corn
- տուրք ցորենոյ ― turkʻ cʻorenoy ― cornage
Usage notes
In Job, translates Ancient Greek πυρός (purós).
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ցորեան (cʻorean)
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ցորեանք (cʻoreankʻ)
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| genitive
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ցորենոյ (cʻorenoy)
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ցորենոց (cʻorenocʻ)
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| dative
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ցորենոյ (cʻorenoy)
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ցորենոց (cʻorenocʻ)
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| accusative
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ցորեան (cʻorean)
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ցորեանս (cʻoreans)
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| ablative
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ցորենոյ (cʻorenoy)
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ցորենոց (cʻorenocʻ)
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| instrumental
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ցորենով (cʻorenov)
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ցորենովք (cʻorenovkʻ)
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| locative
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ցորեան (cʻorean)
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ցորեանս (cʻoreans)
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a singular instrumental ցորենաւ (cʻorenaw) is attested
a singular ablative ի ցորենւոյն (i cʻorenwoyn), which presupposes a nominative *ցորենի (cʻoreni), is attested
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 205
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցորեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցորեան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ցորեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press