ծիծառն
Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]ծիծառն • (cicaṙn)
- swallow (bird)
- 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] 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.
- Ասէ զծիծառնէն, թէ միանգամ ծնանի եւ այլ ոչ եւս։
- nightingale
- (astronomy) name of a constellation
Usage notes
[edit]- In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek χελιδών (khelidṓn).
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ծիծառնուկ (cicaṙnuk)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 137, 161
Further reading
[edit]- 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