ծնօտ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ծնաւտ (cnawt), ծնոտ (cnot)

Etymology

The original spelling is ծնաւտ (cnawt), from earlier *ծին-աւտ (*cin-awt), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-.

Noun

ծնօտ • (cnōt)

1. jaw

   Synonym: կլափն (klapʻn)

   ապտակ ածել ի ծնօտսն, հարկանել զծնօտս ուրուք ― aptak acel i cnōtsn, harkanel zcnōts urukʻ ― to slap the face, to box the ear

2. (figuratively) an edge, brim of something
3. (figuratively) decorations on such edge

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	ծնօտ (cnōt)		ծնօտք (cnōtkʻ)
genitive	ծնօտի (cnōti)		ծնօտից (cnōticʻ)
dative	ծնօտի (cnōti)		ծնօտից (cnōticʻ)
accusative	ծնօտ (cnōt)		ծնօտս (cnōts)
ablative	ծնօտէ (cnōtē)		ծնօտից (cnōticʻ)
instrumental	ծնօտիւ (cnōtiw)		ծնօտիւք (cnōtiwkʻ)
locative	ծնօտի (cnōti)		ծնօտս (cnōts)

Derived terms

• երկայնածնօտ (erkaynacnōt)
• ծնօտաքակ (cnōtakʻak)

Descendants

• Armenian: ծնոտ (cnot)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծնօտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծնօտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press