ծէս

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Georgian წესი (c̣esi).[1]

Noun

ծէս • (cēs)

  1. rite, ritual, ceremony
    • 1478 – 1492, Amirdovlatʿ Amasiacʿi, Angitacʿ anpēt [Useless for Ignoramuses] § 647
      […] եւ զիրենց աւրինացն ծէսն որ ինչպէս էր՝ արաւ […]
      […] ew zirencʿ awrinacʿn cēsn or inčʿpēs ēr, araw […]

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “ծէս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 454ab

Further reading

  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “ծէս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 345b

Old Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian ծէս (cēs).

Noun

ծէս • (cēs)

  1. (post-classical) rite, ritual, ceremony
    • 1738 – 1823, Mikʿayēl Čʿamčʿeanc, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ. I skzbanē ašxarhi minčʿew cam Teaṙn 1784 [Armenian history from the beginning of the world to the year 1784]
      Եւ յետ ամենայնի բանք ՚ի մէջ անկան եւ ՚ի վերայ կրօնից եւ ծիսից Հայոց […]
      Ew yet amenayni bankʿ ’i mēǰ ankan ew ’i veray krōnicʿ ew cisicʿ Hayocʿ […]

Declension

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “ծէս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1015b
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ծէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 310a
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