Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian ծին (cin). Doublet of ջինս (ǰins).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ծին (cin)

  1. the act of giving birth, delivery (of animals)
  2. the time of giving birth (of animals)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os. Doublet of -զան (-zan).

Noun edit

ծին (cin)

  1. birth, delivery
    ի ծնէi cnēby birth; from one's birth
    կոյր ի ծնէkoyr i cnēborn-blind, blind from his birth
    զծնէ կաղն գնացուցանելzcnē kałn gnacʻucʻanelto cause the born lame to walk
  2. (figuratively) origin, source, rise, birth
  3. (figuratively) base (of a mountain)
  4. (anatomy) womb, uterus
  5. spot, sign

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ծին (cin)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծին”, 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) “ծին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 385
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 342
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy