Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂Hs-g-y-, enlarged from *h₂eHs-, +‎ -իւն (-iwn).[1][2][3]

Noun edit

աճիւն (ačiwn)

  1. ashes (remains of a fire)
    յաճիւն դարձուցանել՝ դատելyačiwn darjucʻanel, datelto reduce to ashes
  2. ashes (human remains)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: աճյուն (ačyun) (learned)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աճիւն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-իւն”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աճիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աճիւն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy