ծածանիմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The root is ծածան- (cacan-), reduplication of the unknown primitive root *ծան- (*can-): compare տատանիմ (tatanim), սասանիմ (sasanim). The fish ծածան (cacan) must be from the same root.

Verb

ծածանիմ (cacanim)

  1. (intransitive) to flow gently, to ripple
  2. (intransitive) to wave, to undulate

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ծածանումն (cacanumn)
  • քստմնածածան (kʿstmnacacan)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ծածանիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ծածանիմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ծածան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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