քծինք

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian քծինք (kʻcinkʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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քծինք (kʻcinkʻ)

  1. (poetic, archaic) obsequiousness, servility, cringing

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative քծինք (kʻcinkʻ)
dative քծինքի (kʻcinkʻi)
ablative քծինքից (kʻcinkʻicʻ)
instrumental քծինքով (kʻcinkʻov)
locative քծինքում (kʻcinkʻum)
definite forms
nominative քծինքը/քծինքն (kʻcinkʻə/kʻcinkʻn)
dative քծինքին (kʻcinkʻin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative քծինքս (kʻcinkʻs)
dative քծինքիս (kʻcinkʻis)
ablative քծինքիցս (kʻcinkʻicʻs)
instrumental քծինքովս (kʻcinkʻovs)
locative քծինքումս (kʻcinkʻums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative քծինքդ (kʻcinkʻd)
dative քծինքիդ (kʻcinkʻid)
ablative քծինքիցդ (kʻcinkʻicʻd)
instrumental քծինքովդ (kʻcinkʻovd)
locative քծինքումդ (kʻcinkʻumd)

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain.

Noun

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քծինք (kʻcinkʻpl

  1. caresses, fondling, endearment, coaxing, fawning; wooing, court, courtship, gallantry
    ածել ի քծինսacel i kʻcinsto tame, to domesticate, to familiarize
    գալ ի քծինսgal i kʻcinsto grow tame, to be tamed
    քծինս տալ, ի քծինս հարկանիլkʻcins tal, i kʻcins harkanilto flatter, to endear

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: քծինք (kʻcinkʻ)

References

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