ծիծառն
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ծիծեռն (ciceṙn)
- ծիծեառն (ciceaṙn)
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 cearu (English care).
Noun
ծիծառն • (cicaṙn)
- swallow (bird)
- վայրի ծիծառն ― vayri cicaṙn ― marten, martlet
- ձագ ծիծառան ― jag cicaṙan ― young swallow
- ծիծառն ճչէ ― cicaṙn ččʿē ― the swallow twitters
- ծիծռան ծաղիկ ― cicṙan całik ― celandine, swallow-wort
- մի ծիծառն ոչ բերէ գարուն ― mi cicaṙn očʿ berē garun ― one swallow does not make spring; one bee makes no swarm
- nightingale
- (astronomy) name of a constellation
Declension
n-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ծիծառն (cicaṙn) | ծիծառունք (cicaṙunkʿ) | |
| genitive | ծիծառան (cicaṙan) | ծիծառանց (cicaṙancʿ) | |
| dative | ծիծառան (cicaṙan) | ծիծառանց (cicaṙancʿ) | |
| accusative | ծիծառն (cicaṙn) | ծիծառունս (cicaṙuns) | |
| ablative | ծիծառանէ (cicaṙanē) | ծիծառանց (cicaṙancʿ) | |
| instrumental | ծիծառամբ (cicaṙamb) | ծիծառամբք (cicaṙambkʿ) | |
| locative | ծիծառան (cicaṙan) | ծիծառունս (cicaṙuns) |
Derived terms
- ծիծառնուկ (cicaṙnuk)
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ծիծառն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ծիծառն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 341
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