ճիգն

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain.

Noun

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ճիգն (čign)

  1. effort, endeavour, attempt, study; labour, work, pains, suffering, hardship, toil, fatigue; danger, hazard, jeopardy; crisis; conflict, contest, combat, fight; austere or ascetic life
    ճիգն ի ճիգնčign i čignclose or hard by, one after the other, without intervals
    ամենայն ճգամբքamenayn čgambkʻwith all one's strength or ability
    ճգունք մարտիčgunkʻ martithe toils of war
    տանել մեծամեծ ճգանցtanel mecamec čgancʻto bear or sustain great hardships
    զամենայն յանձին ունել, թափել, ի մեջ առնուլ, բազում ճգունս առնելzamenayn yanjin unel, tʻapʻel, i meǰ aṙnul, bazum čguns aṙnelto strive or struggle hard, to do one's best or utmost, to redouble one's endeavours, to make superhuman efforts
    ճիգն դնելčign dnelto make an effort, to strive, to endeavour
    դնել զյետին ճիգն, յետին ճգամբք գուն գործելdnel zyetin čign, yetin čgambkʻ gun gorcelto make a last effort, or final efforts

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ճիգ (čig)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճիգն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճիգն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճիգն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press