ծիծառն

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵoy-ǵar-n-, reduplication of *ǵār- (voice, exclamation). Cognate with Ossetian зар (zar, song), Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, voice), Latin garrio (to chatter), Old English caru (English care).

Noun

ծիծառն (cicaṙn)

  1. swallow (bird)
    • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).33.3:[1][2]
      Ասէ զծիծառնէն, թէ միանգամ ծնանի եւ այլ ոչ եւս։
      Asē zcicaṙnēn, tʻē miangam cnani ew ayl očʻ ews.
      • Translation by Gohar Muradyan
        He says about the swallow that it gives birth once and no more.
  2. nightingale
  3. (astronomy) name of a constellation

Usage notes

  • In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek χελιδών (khelidṓn).

Declension

n-type
singular plural
nominative ծիծառն (cicaṙn) ծիծառունք (cicaṙunkʻ)
genitive ծիծառան (cicaṙan) ծիծառանց (cicaṙancʻ)
dative ծիծառան (cicaṙan) ծիծառանց (cicaṙancʻ)
accusative ծիծառն (cicaṙn) ծիծառունս (cicaṙuns)
ablative ծիծառանէ (cicaṙanē) ծիծառանց (cicaṙancʻ)
instrumental ծիծառամբ (cicaṙamb) ծիծառամբք (cicaṙambkʻ)
locative ծիծառան (cicaṙan) ծիծառունս (cicaṙuns)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ծիծեռնակ (ciceṙnak), ծիծեռ (ciceṙ), ծիծառ (cicaṙ)

References

  1. ^ Marr, N. (1904) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга VI. Физиолог. Армяно-грузинский извод [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book VI. Physiologus. Armenian–Georgian recension] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 41
  2. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎, Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 137, 161

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծիծառն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ծիծառն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 341
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծիծառն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy